Under the deadly weapon definition, which item is explicitly included?

• A. Any knife having a blade longer than 5 inches
• B. A plastic spoon
• C. A rubber mallet
• D. A paper clip

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that the deadly weapon definition explicitly names certain items because of their clear potential to cause severe harm. A knife with a blade longer than five inches is included because its size makes it capable of inflicting fatal or serious injuries, so the statute calls it out directly as a deadly weapon. The other items—plastic spoon, rubber mallet, and paper clip—do not have inherent features that the definition uses to mark them as deadly weapons, so they aren’t explicitly listed. Of course, any object can be misused as a weapon, but the official definition focuses on this long knife as a clearly identifiable deadly weapon.