I don't know about the wierdos you've been talking to, but I am a police officer and other police officers like me enforce the laws of this state. We are bound by those laws and they're pretty clear. Take, for example, these statutes:
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790.01 Carrying concealed weapons.--
(1) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person who carries a concealed weapon or electric weapon or device on or about his or her person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Yet read the definition of a weapon:
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(13) "Weapon" means any dirk, metallic knuckles, slungshot, billie, tear gas gun, chemical weapon or device, or other deadly weapon except a firearm or a common pocketknife.
Also, here's the part about open carry:
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790.053 Open carrying of weapons.--
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law and in subsection (2), it is unlawful for any person to openly carry on or about his or her person any firearm or electric weapon or device.
So, you
can carry a pocketknife concealed. And you
can carry
any knife openly. You can carry firearms concealed with a permit, but you
can't carry firearms openly. There is no law prohibiting switchblades here either.
And what is this about a registrar's book?