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You guys are showing your age; er, that is, your youth.

Switchblade knifes were rendered illegal in the northeastern states in the 1950s; all of the states virtually all at the same time. Why? Because in those days, the switchblade knife and the garrison belt were perceived to be the "weapons of choice" of the gangbangers of those days (all of whom, by the way, were white), and they were condemned more as a symbol than as a substantive matter. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Anyone old enough to remember what a garrison belt was?

[QUOTE="RKG, post: 41590, member: 532"] You guys are showing your age; er, that is, your youth. Switchblade knifes were rendered illegal in the northeastern states in the 1950s; all of the states virtually all at the same time. Why? Because in those days, the switchblade knife and the garrison belt were perceived to be the "weapons of choice" of the gangbangers of those days (all of whom, by the way, were white), and they were condemned more as a symbol than as a substantive matter. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Anyone old enough to remember what a garrison belt was? [/QUOTE]

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