5/22/2023 0 Comments Yugo sks grenade launcher removal![]() Its length alone means §46.02 would apply, but even if it were something like 5", it's double-edged with a cross guard, and would certainly be a "dagger." If you took a SKS bayonet off the rifle and carried it around, length aside, the fact that it's a non-sharpened pig-sticker style weapon would strike me as falling under the realm of "poniard" in terms of Texas law. I own a number of non-permanently-attached bayonets, my favorite being a M1 10" model for my Garand from around 1943-1944 (one of undated production runs). At the range, using it as it was designed (as a rifle) certainly falls under the §46.15(b3) exception. If you unstowed it and walked around with it, I can see an overly-ambitious Houston cop tacking a §46.02 violation on for it being a spear and letting you sort it out in court. If you have a SKS or another type of rifle with a permanently attached bayonet, going by common sense, I wouldn't think that anyone would think of it as a "spear" if it were carried in the closed position. So, going by the common dictionary definition as the only guide, that means "a weapon with a long shaft and a pointed tip, typically of metal, used for thrusting or throwing." Penal Code §46.01(6f) defines an illegal knife, in part, as a "spear" without going into what a "spear" is, and there are zero cases which talk about it. I've always been very apprehensive about carrying a bayonet on a rifle in Texas.
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