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Legal Use Of A Knife In A Self Defense Situation?
In Oklahoma "dagger, bowie knife, dirk knife, switchblade knife, spring type knife, sword cane, knife having a b… opens automatically by hand pressure app… other device in the handle of the knife, are illegal.
this section shall not prohibit : 1. The proper use of guns and knives for hunting, fishing, educational…
"The proper use of knives hunting/fish…
capable of inflicting injury in Parks/…
1) First Question. How legal is it to slice, cut, or stab (to deter) someone unarmed trying to inflict bodily harm on me? What about if they are armed with a knife? Also I used the knife is only used as a last resort.
2) Second Question. When and where is it legal to use a knife for self defense?
3) Third Question. Where on the body are easy-to-hit spots to deter (not kill) your opponent in a self defense situation with a folding pocket knife? Also, How should these spots be attacked?
4) Fourth Question. What charges or penalties could I face for accidentally killing someone with a knife in one of the self defense situation above? I am a 16 year old, clean cut, white, male with no criminal record.
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open4one
October 13, 2009
rickinno
October 13, 2009
Even if your USE of a knife in self defense is completely legal under the circumstances you can still be charged with its illegal possession if you weren’t supposed to have it on you in the first place.
Also, deterrence” is not self defense. Self-defense allows the use of reasonable force to STOP someone attacking you. a “preemptive strike” is not self defense.
Finally….
Q) How do you tell the winner in a knife fight?
A) He’s the one who bleeds to death more slowly.
Richard
Jeffrey V
October 13, 2009
As a general rule, a deadly weapon may only be properly used in self defense if the attacker is also armed with a similar weapon, or is of such a larger physical size and strength that the weapon would be seen as necessary to offset the above. So the answer to 1 is never, unless the attacker is larger and physically stronger.
2 gets the same answer
3, in a close quarter combat situation, you may not have the luxury of aiming at a non lethal target. Besides, anywhere you cut somebody they’re going to bleed.
4. Accidental doesn’t enter into this deliberation. Any act you take in self defense is seen as intentional. If a person dies from a wound you inflict, usually within a year and a day after the wound you could be looking at either manslaughter one or two, depending on the facts of the situation.
