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Can i carry a pocket knife in my car?

I am a teenager, and i was wondering if it is legal to carry a simple pocket knife in my automobile. It has about a 4 inch blade maybe five. I find its useful to have in a car because it can be a makeshift screw driver, you can cut **** open and you can use it to repair things. Its just a useful tool to me. but anyways is it legal to keep in in the glovebox in oklahoma. i looked up the laws and i am not a knife expert nor am i a lawyer so they are hard to follow. It has a foldout blade if it helps.

Update:

I am a minor, not 18 if that matters at all

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  • 8 years ago
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    Virtually no jurisdiction in the US regulates ownership and use of a knife that small.

    You may be prohibited, however, to carry the knife into certain places (schools, libraries, government buildings.)

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Normally it has to be the size of your palm. From the start of the blade to the tip. I dont know if thats just for pennsylvania or all knife laws. But not from wrist to finger tips. Turn it to the side.

  • 8 years ago

    Yes...

    Source(s): ....I am a retired police officer. I retired as a sergeant, after 29 years, from a very large department, about 12,000 officers. I was a patrol officer for 4 years in a very diverse area. I was a tactical officer in the high rise project areas of my city. We called it vertical patrol in that we walked the the stairways of the high rises most of the time. I did that for 5 years and was promoted by test to detective. I worked violent crime (homicide, sex, officer involved shootings, robbery, kidnapping, serious non property incidents) for 11 years until I was promoted to sergeant. I worked as a street supervisor, a bicycle patrol supervisor and a desk sergeant/watch commander. During my time as a tactical officer and a detective I was a unit representative for the police union. I have a B.A in English and an M.S. in Law Enforcement Administration....
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