Delaware - Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Chapter 11 Section
222. General definitions... (6) "Deadly weapon"
includes... a knife of any sort (other than an ordinary
pocketknife carried in a closed position), switchblade
knife... razor... or any other dangerous instrument. For
the purpose of this definition, an ordinary pocketknife
shall be a folding knife having a blade not more than 3
inches in length.
- Chapter 11 Section 1442. A person is guilty of carrying a
concealed deadly weapon when the person carries concealed
a deadly weapon upon or about the person without a license
to do so... a class G felony...
- Chapter 24 Section 901. No person shall engage in the
business of selling any... stiletto... or other deadly
weapon made especially for the defense of one's person
without first having obtained a license therefor... This
section shall not apply to... pocket knives or knives used
for sporting purposes and in the domestic household, or
surgical instruments or tools of any kind.
- Chapter 11 Section 1442. A person is guilty of carrying a
concealed deadly weapon when the person carries concealed
a deadly weapon upon or about the person without a license
to do so... a class G felony...
- Chapter 11 Section 222. General definitions... (6) "Deadly
weapon" includes... a knife of any sort (other than an
ordinary pocketknife carried in a closed position),
switchblade knife... razor... or any other dangerous
instrument. For the purpose of this definition, an
ordinary pocketknife shall be a folding knife having a
blade not more than 3 inches in length.
- Chapter 11 Section 1446. A person is guilty of unlawfully
dealing with a switchblade knife when he sells, offers for
sale or has in his possession a knife, the blade of which
is released by a spring mechanism or by gravity... an
unclassified misdemeanor.
Delaware Case Law:
- "Purpose. The object of this section is to prevent the
carrying of concealed deadly weapons about the person,
because persons becoming suddenly angered, and having such
a weapon in their pocket, would be likely to use it, which
in their sober moments they would not have done, and which
could not have been done had not the weapon been upon
their person." (1892)
- "Purpose... in enacting... was to remove the 'temptation
and tendency' to use concealed deadly weapons under
conditions of 'excitement.'" (1979)
- "A razor is a deadly weapon..." (1903).
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