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Tuesday, February 01, 2011


If you're in Mexico, Maine, and a guy with one arm pulls out a switchblade, don't worry about it. It's legal now.
MEXICO — A local lawmaker has proposed a bill to allow one-armed people to have and carry switchblade knives.

State Rep. Sheryl Briggs, D-Mexico, said Friday that she's asking Maine to comply with a federal law that allows individuals with one arm to own or carry any switchblade knife with a blade of 3 inches or less.
Ah yes, how is a one armed man going to open a pocket knife, much less kill Harrison Ford's wife, with a regular Swiss Army Knife? But who is going to stand up for the rights of those unable to open the corkscrew and magnifying glass of their pocketknife?
Briggs said one-armed Mexico lawyer Paul Dumas Jr. asked her to propose the legislation.
I suppose I should have seen that one coming.



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