Originally Posted by
chgoeditor
Switchblade: A switchblade (also known as an automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, switch, Sprenger,[1] Springer,[2][3] flick knife, or flick blade) is a type of knife with a folding or sliding blade contained in the handle which is opened automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated.
Kershaw Onion Chive Pocket Knife: The index trigger serves both as an ambidextrous opening aid and as a finger guard when the knife is open. With a simple push on the index trigger, the closed knife quickly springs open using an open and locked position...Features Ken Onion's patent pending "Speed Safe" mechanism incorporating torsion bar technology for assisted opening.
Me thinks you doth protest too much.
That knife is not legally a switchblade. It does not open
automatically. Rather, there is a piece of the back of the blade that sticks out which is pushed to start the blade swinging out; therefore, it's a manual opening knife.
Originally Posted by
TWA884
I read the statute to mean that switchblades, automatic knives, and gravity knives are illegal in Michigan.
Fortunately, that knife is none of those.