Interesting you should mention a jack-knife lefty. I propose that knives kill hundreds of deer in Alberta every year.
If "hunting with knives" is made illegal, it has the potential to criminalize a lot of people who have been taught to "finish" a deer by cutting its throat. Much like "finishing" a deer with a bullet during bow season will find you standing before a judge, killing a deer with a knife after you shoot it with a bullet will become illegal.
This whole issue is legal nightmare, fraught with unforseen ramifications. The regulations are restrictive enough IMO. The only change that could be made without turning into a royal **** show would be to set a minimum cutting width on "bladed weapons" of 7/8" as it is now for a legal arrow.
I added some info to the above post while you were responding. To that I will add: we don't legislate that broadheads need to be razor sharp, but we expect people to have them sharp (often a failed expectation). Again, a failure in hunter training, not a legislative issue.
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