http://www.villagevoice.com/news/how-a-50s-era-new-york-knife-law-has-landed-thousands-in-jail-6662589 Seriously? Someone please advise me otherwise.... True gravity knives expanded to switchblades and stuff expanded to clip and = thumb-opening knives expanded to about everything? I just checked, and the knife blade on the multi-tool I got as a goodie from the Red Cross (for donating a bunch of blood) that I keep in my glove box for gardening, working on my car, volunteering with the Boy Scouts and such... can be opened with a flick of the wrist....