{"id":693,"date":"2011-02-02T01:01:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T01:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=693"},"modified":"2011-02-02T01:01:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T01:01:03","slug":"swichblades_ok_for_one_armed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed","title":{"rendered":"Swichblades OK for One-Armed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"office<\/p>\n

It will soon be legal in the US state of Maine for people with one arm to own and carry a switchblade (or “flick knife”) – because you need two hands to use a regular clasp knife<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Maine legislator, Sheryl Briggs, has introduced LD 126, “An Act to Allow a Person With One Arm to Possess Certain Kinds of Prohibited Knives,” which exempts “an individual who has only one arm” from the state’s “dangerous knives” law and makes legal their “possession or transportation of a knife.”<\/p>\n

Via<\/i> Boing Boing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It will soon be legal in the US state of Maine for people with one arm to own and carry a switchblade (or “flick knife”) – because you need two hands to use a regular clasp knife. A Maine legislator, Sheryl Briggs, has introduced LD 126, “An Act to Allow a Person With One Arm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Desktop_Essentials"],"yoast_head":"\nSwichblades OK for One-Armed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swichblades OK for One-Armed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It will soon be legal in the US state of Maine for people with one arm to own and carry a switchblade (or “flick knife”) – because you need two hands to use a regular clasp knife. A Maine legislator, Sheryl Briggs, has introduced LD 126, “An Act to Allow a Person With One Arm […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"paperstone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-02T01:01:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paperstone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@paperstone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@paperstone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paperstone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/articles\\\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/articles\\\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paperstone\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16493c53ebac7f24b6afedd03648489b\"},\"headline\":\"Swichblades OK for One-Armed\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-02T01:01:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/articles\\\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed\"},\"wordCount\":105,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Desktop Essentials\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/articles\\\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/articles\\\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/articles\\\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed\",\"name\":\"Swichblades OK for One-Armed\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-02T01:01:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16493c53ebac7f24b6afedd03648489b\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/articles\\\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"Paperstone - Office life, work and fun\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\\\/News\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16493c53ebac7f24b6afedd03648489b\",\"name\":\"Paperstone\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38531a8b455ff4fb539b7f5a92e1b4f9d7cf224e86f09d1f1da2db8eb377b78a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38531a8b455ff4fb539b7f5a92e1b4f9d7cf224e86f09d1f1da2db8eb377b78a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38531a8b455ff4fb539b7f5a92e1b4f9d7cf224e86f09d1f1da2db8eb377b78a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paperstone\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.paperstone.co.uk\",\"paperstone\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/paperstone\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Swichblades OK for One-Armed","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Swichblades OK for One-Armed","og_description":"It will soon be legal in the US state of Maine for people with one arm to own and carry a switchblade (or “flick knife”) – because you need two hands to use a regular clasp knife. A Maine legislator, Sheryl Briggs, has introduced LD 126, “An Act to Allow a Person With One Arm […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed","article_author":"paperstone","article_published_time":"2011-02-02T01:01:03+00:00","author":"Paperstone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@paperstone","twitter_site":"@paperstone","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paperstone","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed"},"author":{"name":"Paperstone","@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/#\/schema\/person\/16493c53ebac7f24b6afedd03648489b"},"headline":"Swichblades OK for One-Armed","datePublished":"2011-02-02T01:01:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed"},"wordCount":105,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Desktop Essentials"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed","url":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed","name":"Swichblades OK for One-Armed","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-02T01:01:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/#\/schema\/person\/16493c53ebac7f24b6afedd03648489b"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/swichblades_ok_for_one_armed"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/","name":"","description":"Paperstone - Office life, work and fun","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/#\/schema\/person\/16493c53ebac7f24b6afedd03648489b","name":"Paperstone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38531a8b455ff4fb539b7f5a92e1b4f9d7cf224e86f09d1f1da2db8eb377b78a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38531a8b455ff4fb539b7f5a92e1b4f9d7cf224e86f09d1f1da2db8eb377b78a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38531a8b455ff4fb539b7f5a92e1b4f9d7cf224e86f09d1f1da2db8eb377b78a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paperstone"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk","paperstone","https:\/\/x.com\/paperstone"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}