The challenged statutes defining and prohibiting possession of gravity knives (see Penal Law §§ 265.00 [5]; 265.01 [1]; 265.02 [1]) are not unconstitutionally vague, either facially or as applied to defendant, because they provide "notice to the public and clear guidelines to law enforcement as to the precise characteristics that bring a knife under the statutory proscription" (People v Herbin,
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