QB wrote:Yeah, I would never have looked that up to find out it was illegal to carry or use. Probably no disclaimer on it or given by the vendor so I wonder how many people bought one that day and plan to carry it and/or use it. No excuse for ignorance of the law but I didn't even think about the baton being classified as a club. I'll mark that off my "to buy" list, that's for sure. No use wasting my money.
Just like many things sold on the intranet or at gun shows it is buyer beware. You have to research prior to purchase or you could end up with a nice demonstration piece for your mantle.
Recently I had a gentleman give me a knife in trade for some gunsmithing I did. Later I found out he traded me the knife because he had bought it and realized it was illegal to carry (button operated i.e. switchblade). So now I have a nice knife in my drawer that I can not carry :) It works great as a letter opener.