When it comes to loving the outdoors, Claveberg knows no bounds. We provide tools and gear for camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, marine supplies, sporting, and shooting sports. Our customers are not just outdoor enthusiasts, but experts in their respective fields. For this reason, our products must stand up to the demands of the toughest critics.
According to the laws on california self defense weapons laws, residents and visitors should have a basic understanding of how state laws can affect the purchasing decisions of outdoor enthusiasts. Whether you’re an avid hunter, bow and arrow enthusiast, or love to fish, knowing how firearms, knives, and other tools are regulated by the law can impact your purchasing decisions.
Our customers love hunting for game with our bows and arrows, duck calls, cast banner shotguns, puncture rifled shotguns, and more. Hunting knives with serrated edges are popular among our hunting accessories, but we have been asked if some of our machetes, tomahawks, and battle axes can be used as weapons.
Individuals can use weapons in self-defense, but using knives, machetes, and battle axes has some gray areas in state law that hunters need to know. State laws consider lethal weapons to contain a blade or a barrel. However, how someone uses a weapon can legally make a weapon illegal.
As an example, you can use a knife for self-defense purposes but, if you stab someone with it in self-defense, you can be charged and prosecuted under state law. You can use knives, machetes, and battle axes for self-defense, but you cannot use them to do harm to others. And, if you’re carrying a knife, tomahawk, battle axe, or machete for hunting, it’s best to remove them from holsters, belts, or sheaths before entering a building like a store.
Whether you recognize knives, machetes, tomahawks, or battle axes as weapons, they can be used during self-defense situations, but should not be used to do harm to others. If law enforcement officers were to stop you, inspect your weapon, and determine that the weapon was used to attack someone or preserved as an object to do harm, you could be charged.
After hunting or camping, it’s important to remove all knives, machetes, tomahawks, and battle axes from your backseat or trunk. They should be removed from their sheaths, holsters, or belts. Even if you’re not carrying these weapons for self-defense purposes, they can be regarded as weapons when being transported in your vehicle.
All knives, machetes, battle axes, and tomahawks can be bought or purchased in stores, in person or from Claveberg. However, the use of those weapons for self-defense varies by state law. Some states allow the concealed carrying of arms regardless of purpose while others allow officers to stop individuals to question them about concealed weapons.
If any of Claveberg’s products can be classified as lethal weapons, then it’s best to use them in the manner intended or carry them for defensive purposes only. State laws vary on how individuals can transport lethal weapons in their vehicles. When it comes to making future purchases, it’s best to remember that state laws can impact the kind of gear our customers use and how they use them.
While laws are not usually related to customer reviews, they can impact the focus of a review after a customer has used a product. For example, some customers ask us whether we offer battle-ready tomahawks. Under California law, anything classified as weapons requires a review of state laws to understand what can legally be done with them.
State laws do not allow you to use weapons unless they are used for defensive purposes. Likewise, it’s still illegal to use knives, machetes, tomahawks, or battle axes for any other reasons such as to be prepared to harm someone.
For more information on self-defense laws, you can visit this Wikipedia page.
