Since it seems you can’t take the time to read why a few people are concerned over your behavior, I thought I would gather the bolded information from the post that I asked you to read. Read this and you will see that you are putting yourself and Spyderco at risk of legal action:RIOT wrote:i think most of you that are getting all legal and crazy about this thread should review my first line i wrote!!
1. i didnt even know what the knife was
2. i dont even know if ill get it
btw my life is fine and im not some criminal
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What all of the above means to all the “knife people” on this forum is that Spyderco is complying with rulings and opinions handed down in the 10th Circuit, District of Colorado. As the District of Colorado is treating balisongs as automatic knives (switchblades), it is illegal for Spyderco to introduce into interstate commerce (i.e. to sell or ship such items outside of the state of Colorado) balisongs and automatic knives unless such knives are being sold to a distributer or dealer which has agreed to sell such items only to law enforcement or the military, or Spyderco sells the knives directly to the military or law enforcement officers. Spyderco distributors have signed agreements with Spyderco regarding this practice. If Spyderco discovers some distributor/dealer is not honoring their agreement, Spyderco will discontinue doing business with said dealer…
Please note that, if you can’t legally possess a Spyderco balisong or automatic knife and are crowing about your ownership of such a knife on a public forum, all you are doing is putting Spyderco in the cross-hairs of another potential federal investigation and are possibly inviting yourself along for the ride. In addition, you put every federal law enforcement agent on the forum who has jurisdiction in regard to U.S. Code Title 15, Chapter 29, Section 1241 in an awkward position. Does such an officer report you to ICE, initiate his or her own investigation, or what?...
Do I have better things to do than “worry” about you grabbing a few knives? Yes. Do I have better things to do than trying to keep the actions of one silly, newbie forum poster from stirring up another federal case against Spyderco when the company is trying to comply with the law? Maybe—but I like Spyderco and I have some friends who work there.
Also, just for your information, there are few things that get under a cop’s skin as much as being lied to by someone with whom they are talking. So your post goes:
"after i made this thread i realised that, anyways I was on the phone with the guy and he let me know he just got 7 of them in, while he was on the phone i looked around for it and told him to just ship it.”
Now you say you may not even get it? What changed? It sure sounds like you ordered the knife to me. Also, what happened to your Smallfly? You know, the one in this post:
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33080
You remember that one, the balisong knife that you aren’t legally able, under federal law, to buy. That post was one of the main reasons I wrote my long post “Reflections on Restricted Items.” You see, after seeing that post and a couple of others, I talked to Kristi about the fact that, as an Agent who had taken an oath to uphold federal law, people flaunting the law in front of me put me in a quandary. I did not wish to have to report them for investigation and was considering just leaving the forum as it was getting a bit uncomfortable for me. Instead, after determining that there would be a Restricted Items Forum, I decided to post in it and hope that people would “get the hint.”
I like this forum. I enjoy helping people out when they ask questions about self defense and other issues. I have decided not to leave the forum over this issue. Since you are apparently too dense to understand what is going on in regard to balisongs and automatic knives, I’ll make it easy. I don’t think your actions are worth federal investigative time. However, I cannot, in good conscience, sit here and watch you flaunt federal law, whether I happen to agree with that law or not. I believe your actions may be of interest to law enforcement in California. Therefore, I am going to bundle up all the nice information that you have provided on this forum, along with instructions on serving a 2703 preservation order for the information on Spyderco’s server and instructions on the proper format for a subpoena of any and all records pertaining to you held by Spyderco in any electronic, paper or other format, and forward it to some investigators for the State of California with whom I occasionally have to do business. Have a nice day.
Oh—I’m also putting you on “ignore.” Anyone who has been as silly as you have been in regard to this matter is definitely not worth my time.
