Any person who without justified motive related to any art, sport, profession, occupation or trade, or due to a health condition or disability manufactures, imports, offers, sells, owns or has for sale, rent or transfer brass knuckles, blackjacks, bludgeons, ninja stars, knives, daggers, swords, slings, rapiers, harpoons, curved knives, stilettos, ice picks, or any other similar object or any similar instrument that is deemed to be a bladed weapon shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a fixed term of three (3) years. Should there be aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty established, may be increased to a maximum of six (6) years; should there be extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of one (1) year and one (1) day.
The prohibition set forth in this section extends to any person imprisoned for the commission of any crime.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 5.05A on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 20; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 18.