Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
Glad to know my nifty sword cane is now legal in Texas in most places I frequent. After I got the thing in the mail years ago, I found that it was quite a dangerous instrument except that it takes two hands and several tries to release it because the latch is so finicky. I suppose I could ask the mugger to wait a bit to engage or just try to bash him over the head with the cane.

Btw, I’ve always fancied switchblade (springblade) knives and even had a crappy version several years ago, but lost it sometime ago. I saw no mention of those in the law, Mike. Any idea if the new law covers those?
Joe, it appears that switchblade knives are no longer banned in Texas. However, if the knife has a blade over 5.5 inches long, it is subject to the "restricted locations" law.