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Is there a knife, that can be legally carried in both NJ and NY?
<p>I live in NJ, but work in NYC, and would like to find a knife, that can be legally carried in both locales.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/10/10/so-what-knives-are-legal-in-new-york-city-anyway-the-answer-might-surprise-you/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NYC seems to ban all folding knives</a>, while allowing any fixed-blades under 4&quot; long.</p>
<p>NJ <em>appears to be</em> the opposite -- folding ones may be Ok, but fixed-blade require vague justifications like &quot;explainable lawful purpose&quot;.</p>
<p>Is there anything suitable for both?</p>

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<p>NYC seems to ban all folding knives, while allowing any fixed-blades under 4&quot; long.</p>
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<p>New York City does not ban all folding knives.  To qualify as a gravity knife, the knife must open by gravity or by centrifugal force.  The Village Voice published an <a href="https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/10/07/how-a-50s-era-new-york-knife-law-has-landed-thousands-in-jail/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">article</a> several years ago pointing out that nearly every folding pocket knife can be opened with enough force, but <em>nearly every</em> is not the same as <em>every.</em></p>
<p>Regardless, the New York Times reports that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/nyregion/ny-gravity-knife-law.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the gravity knife statute was repealed because it was found to be unconstitutionally vague</a>.  This was just over a year ago.  The Village Voice piece cited in the question is nearly five years out of date.</p>
