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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="4-105" title_number="4" title_name="Weapon Crimes" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not sell, barter, display, or offer to sell or barter:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a knife or a penknife having a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, commonly called a switchblade knife or a switchblade penknife; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a device that is designed to propel a knife from a metal sheath by means of a high-compression ejector spring, commonly called a shooting knife.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or a fine of not less than $50 and not exceeding $500 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
