State v. Delgado
684 P.2d 630 | Or. Ct. App. | 1984
Defendant appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a stabbing weapon, specifically a switch-blade knife. ORS 166.510(1).
Reversed.
ORS 166.510(1) provides:
“Except as provided in ORS 166.515 to 166.520, any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, sells, keeps for sale, offers, gives, loans, carries or possesses an instrument or weapon having a blade which projects or swings into position by force of a spring or other device and commonly known as a switchblade knife or an instrument or weapon commonly known as a blackjack, slung shot, sandclub, sandbag, sap glove or metal knuckles, or who carries a dirk, dagger or stiletto commits a Class A misdemeanor.”
Or Const. Art I, § 27, provides:
“The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defence [sic] of themselves, and the State, but the Militia shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power[.]”