Are italian switchblade knives or stilettos illegal in north carolina?
“Is it legal?” is a multi-part question. First, a switchblade and a stiletto are two different things. A switchblade is a knife that opens using a spring when you press a button. A “stiletto” is a style of knife that may or may not be a switchblade. The stiletto style means it has a long, very skinny blade, and is most often associated with the Italian designed pocket knives that have little crossbars. Now, you can own either of them and keep that at home, that is certain. No state in the US restricts private ownership of knives save a select few cities. Can you carry a switchblade out in public? No you cannot, it is illegal. Can you carry a non-switchblade stiletto? Yes you can, they are considered pocket knives and therefore legal, though avoid anything longer than 4.5 inches as the police generally are suspicious of huge blades. While buying a non-automatic stiletto is no problem, buying a switchblade can be quite difficult due to Federal law. According to this law, you cannot buy t
