Our interpretation of the various laws, regulations and restrictions pertaining to survival, self-reliance and self defense. Please note that we are not lawyers, and this is NOT legal advice.
Idaho: Fast Facts on Trespassing Trespass Law Covers: Land, Structures, Dwellings, Vehicles Crime Class: Misdemeanor. Felony for repeated offenses. Fencing Required?: No, if land has signage. Signage Required?: No, if property is fenced. Verbal Notice Required?: No, but verbal notice is adequate for informing a person that they are trespassing. Idaho Trespassing Law Overview Idaho …
The Essentials Legal to Carry Concealed ✅ Common pocketknife Illegal to Carry Concealed ❌ Dirk ❌ Dagger ❌ Butcher’s Knife ❌ Gravity knife ❌ Switchblade Illegal to Own or Possess ❌ Spring loaded projectile knife ❌ Ballistic knife ❌ Any knife with similar characteristics to ballistic or projectile knife North Carolina Knife Law Overview North …
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The Essentials Legal to Carry Openly: Any knife that is legal to own, including bowies, ballistic knives, dirks, daggers, butterfly knives, etc. Legal to Carry Concealed Without Permit: Any ordinary pocketknife with a blade of 4” or less. Legal to Carry Concealed With Permit: Any knife that is legal to own. Dodgy Ownership/Carry Status: Switchblades, …
South Dakota is noteworthy for its extremely sparse and spartan laws concerning self-defense. The bottom line upfront is that South Dakota classifies homicide as “justifiable homicide” so long as the homicide occurs as a result of self-defense, and the force used in self-defense was used to prevent the homicide of the defender or from any …
New Jersey: Fast Facts on Trespassing Trespass Law Covers: Buildings, Dwellings, Land, Vehicles Crime Class: Misdemeanor Fencing Required?: No, but crossing fencing or barrier during trespass escalates penalty. Signage Required?: No, but trespassing in disregard of posted sign escalates penalty. Verbal Notice Required?: No, but trespass in defiance of verbal notice escalates penalty. New Jersey …
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Maine just so happens to be a very safe state, and also a very permissive state when it comes to the use, possession and purchase of defensive sprays. Maine allows citizens to purchase and use any kind of defensive spray that they see fit, including OC and tear gas-based varieties. Any size of dispenser is …
Massachusetts is a state of contrasts when it comes to pepper sprays. On the one hand, there are copious restrictions regarding who can sell it, under what circumstances it can be bought, and who can be in possession of it with regards to criminal background and other factors. On the other hand, Massachusetts levies no …
Citizens concerned with self-defense are wise to inquire if their state of residence has what is popularly known as stand-your-ground laws on the books. The colloquial term for laws of this nature hint at their intended purpose: if a citizen is forced to defend themselves or someone else from a lethal threat, stand your ground …
In what will probably be a surprise to some of our readers who are serious students of self-defense, Illinois, a state that is rightly infamous for its dim view of citizens’ rights to self-defense and absolutely oppressive firearms laws, is in fact very liberal when it comes to ownership and carry of pepper spray and …
Oklahoma is a state with strong self-defense laws all around, and has a comprehensive, intricately-codified stand-your-ground statute on the books. So long as a person is in a dwelling, business, place of worship they have no duty to retreat from an intruder who has forcibly and unlawfully entered, and furthermore they have no duty to …
