Timeline for Law in History: Weapon Law in New York in the 1960s: Long Blades

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Oct 20, 2020 at 14:46	history	edited	Trish	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 111 characters in body
Oct 20, 2020 at 14:41	history	bounty ended	Trish
Oct 20, 2020 at 14:41	vote	accept	Trish
Oct 20, 2020 at 14:40	comment	added	Pat W.♦		@Trish, those look like good edits to me.
Oct 20, 2020 at 14:32	comment	added	Trish		Because it is somewhat tricky writing they did there, I went and highlighted the relevant part because in my first reading the mens-rea requiring or between the lists went under - the first list is illegal to own in any case, the second is illegal to have only if you want to use it illegally.
Oct 20, 2020 at 14:29	comment	added	Pat W.♦		@Trish, that's how I'm reading it too.
Oct 20, 2020 at 14:25	history	edited	Trish	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 111 characters in body
Oct 20, 2020 at 14:23	comment	added	Trish		so, a katana (or officer's cavalry saber for the matter - Westpoint beware!) could be under under "other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon"... so the relevant, somewhat convoluted statue is: "{(uses OR carries OR owns) [item from list 1]} OR {(has intent to use unlawfully) AND (carries OR possesses) [item from list 2]}"
Oct 20, 2020 at 13:58	history	edited	Pat W.♦	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 753 characters in body
Oct 20, 2020 at 12:01	history	answered	Pat W.♦	CC BY-SA 4.0