Is it illegal to have a wooden sword(bokken) in your home in New York City?

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   Theodore Robinson

   Hempstead Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered October 05, 2011 07:29. In my experience, if the "sword" is not sharpened and does not have a metal edge that can be dangerous, it is not likely illegal. However, the final decision is left up to the police, prosecutor and ultimately it is up to a Judge and/or jury to decide. I believe you're safe having it on your wall.
   
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   Nicholas Kaizer

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   Answered October 07, 2011 13:00. Under New York Penal Law Sec. 265.01 (Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree)
   A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth
   degree when:
   (1) He possesses any firearm, electronic dart gun, electronic stun
   gun, gravity knife, switchblade knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal
   knuckle knife, cane sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles,
   chuka stick, sand bag, sandclub, wrist-brace type slingshot or
   slungshot, shirken or "Kung Fu star"...
   
   It is a Class A Misdemeanor punishable by no more than one year in prison. I doubt a broken wooden sword in your home would ever be written up as a violation of the penal law.

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