§ 1244. Exceptions

Sections 1242 and 1243 of this title shall not apply to -

• (1) any common carrier or contract carrier, with respect to any switchblade knife shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce in the ordinary course of business;
• (2) the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, possession, or introduction into interstate commerce, of switchblade knives pursuant to contract with the Armed Forces;
• (3) the Armed Forces or any member or employee thereof acting in the performance of his duty; or
• (4) the possession, and transportation upon his person, of any switchblade knife with a blade three inches or less in length by any individual who has only one arm.