An Act To Allow a Person with One Arm To Possess Certain Kinds of Prohibited Knives
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1055, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
3. This section does not apply to the possession or transportation of a knife under subsection 1 by an individual who has only one arm.
summary
This bill provides an exception to the prohibition against possession of a knife that has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure or that has a blade that opens, falls or is ejected into position for an individual who has only one arm, based on a federal exemption.