Can a Minor Carry a Knife in Kansas?
<p>I'm 13, and I am wondering if it would be legal to carry a karambit knife for self defense – in a sheath or folded? If laws for both are different, I would appreciate policies on both. If so, would I be allowed to conceal it? Or would it have to be in plain sight? Any specific blade length limits?</p>

<p>Knife laws in the United States are notoriously ambiguous, often vary at the municipality level, and enforcement can best be described as <em>capricious</em>.  I can't put it better than <a href="https://www.quora.com/I-have-a-6-5-dagger-that-I-carry-on-me-in-a-belt-patch-for-self-protection-Is-this-illegal/answer/Michael-DeBusk?srid=hZFA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this eye-opening answer I found on Quora</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Don't ask anybody what the law is about knives. Not even the police.
  There's so much misinformation floating around out there.</p>
  
  <p>...</p>
  
  <p>Check the law yourself. Not just state law, but local law for any
  county or city you stop in or pass through.</p>
  
  <p>I was tasked with writing a weapons policy for my security department,
  my former employer. I checked the Code of Maryland Regulations and
  found a mess. Knives are considered tools, not weapons, unless and
  until one uses or intends to use a knife as a weapon; knives are legal
  regardless of blade length; folding knives may be carried concealed,
  but fixed knives must be carried open; switchblades and balisongs are
  not OK, but no mention of gravity knives, locking mechanisms, or
  assisted-open mechanisms.</p>
  
  <p>I carried my S&amp;W assisted-open knife everywhere, including into
  Baltimore City several times. Then Freddie Gray was arrested for
  carrying one and died in custody. A whole lot of people thought the
  arresting officer had made an unlawful arrest, based on the state law,
  <em>including the Baltimore City prosecutor</em> … until someone bothered to
  check the city law and found that assisted-open knives are <em>illegal in
  Baltimore City</em>. The arrest was a good one. And I left my knife in my
  car from then on whenever I went into that town.</p>
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<p>(I have on occasion asked police about knife laws.  In <em>every case</em> the officer has declined to answer whether a particular knife or carry practice was legal.)</p>

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