The weapons charge, filed by "this district attorney woman Margo something" is "a horrible disgrace. . . . She can't make one stick, so now she's trying to make another one stick. I don't know what the hell's the matter with this woman," he said.

Supervising Deputy District Attorney Margo Smith, who filed the charges against Knievel this week, said today that his legal information is flawed.

For starters, any concealed weapons permit issued in Montana would have "no force and effect in this state," she said.

As for the felony conviction in the 1977 case, Knievel was successful in having it modified in late 1980, according to court records, Smith said.