(1) Every person who knowingly carries or bears upon his or her person, who carries or bears within or on a motor vehicle or other means of conveyance operated by him or her or who owns, possesses, uses, stores, gives away, sells, or offers for sale a switchblade knife shall be guilty of a Class C offense.

(2) A bona fide collector whose collection is registered with the Tribal Police is exempted from the provisions of this section.

(3) For the purpose of this section, a “switchblade knife” is defined as any knife which has a blade one and one-half inches long or longer which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in the handle of the knife.

(4) Carrying or bearing a switchblade knife is a Class C offense.