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by critter
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:33 am
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Topic: Dueling Summary Judgment Motions Filed in Knife Rights' CA Switchblade Ban Case
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Dueling Summary Judgment Motions Filed in Knife Rights' CA Switchblade Ban Case

Motions for Summary Judgement have been filed by both sides in Knife Rights’ federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s complete ban on common automatic knives 2-inches and greater that the State prohibits as illegal “switchblades.” The Plaintiffs’ motion sets out the indispu...
by critter
Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:15 pm
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Topic: URGENT FOLLOW-UP to HEARING! EMAIL TODAY to Fix a BAD Washington KNIFE BAN Bill!
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URGENT FOLLOW-UP to HEARING! EMAIL TODAY to Fix a BAD Washington KNIFE BAN Bill!

https://kniferights.org/wp-content/uploads/Todd-SB-5444-WA-2024-ig-250w.jpg Today, Knife Rights Director of Legislative Affairs, Todd Rathner, gave testimony asking the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee to amend SB 5444 to remove “knives.” As it stands the bill would make it illegal to pos...
by critter
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:36 am
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Topic: VERY URGENT ACTION ALERT! EMAIL TODAY to Fix a BAD Washington KNIFE BAN Bill! Hearing on Friday Morning!
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VERY URGENT ACTION ALERT! EMAIL TODAY to Fix a BAD Washington KNIFE BAN Bill! Hearing on Friday Morning!

Please help stop a BAD Washington KNIFE BAN Bill! SB 5444 would BAN Knives on PUBLIC TRANSIT in Washington! The bill would make it illegal to possess ANY knife at a "transit station" including bus, train and trolley stops! This would make it illegal to carry a knife on public transit, per...
by critter
Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:21 am
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Topic: URGENT ACTION ALERT: EMAIL TODAY to Support Washington "Spring Blade" Ban Repeal Bill in House!
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URGENT ACTION ALERT: EMAIL TODAY to Support Washington "Spring Blade" Ban Repeal Bill in House!

Having passed in the Senate, Knife Rights' bill that would repeal Washington's ban on "spring blade" (automatic) knives, SB 5860 , is now assigned to the House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee. We need your help to encourage the Chair to schedule the bill for a hearing and to urge c...
by critter
Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:26 am
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Topic: VERY, VERY URGENT ACTION ALERT! EMAIL Washington Senators TODAY to Support "Spring Blade" Ban Repeal Bill
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VERY, VERY URGENT ACTION ALERT! EMAIL Washington Senators TODAY to Support "Spring Blade" Ban Repeal Bill

Once again to get this done in the Senate! If you are a Washington resident, once again we need your help! Knife Rights' bill that would repeal Washington's ban on "spring blade" (automatic) knives, SB 5860 , is ready for a floor vote in the Senate. We need your help TODAY to get that vot...
by critter
Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:42 pm
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Topic: URGENT ACTION ALERT! Email Washington Senators to Support “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill
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URGENT ACTION ALERT! Email Washington Senators to Support “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill

You Helped Get It Moving! Let’s do it again! Knife Rights’ bill that would repeal Washington’s ban on “spring blade” (automatic) knives,SB 5860, was voted out of the Senate Committee on Law & Justice. Thanks to all of you who signed in to support the bill in committee. The bill now moves toward...
by critter
Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:38 pm
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Topic: URGENT ACTION ALERT! Sign In TODAY to Support WA “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill!
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Re: URGENT ACTION ALERT! Sign In TODAY to Support WA “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill!

Thanks to all who Signed-in in support of SB 5860, Knife Rights’ bill that would repeal Washington’s ban on “spring blade” (automatic) knives. We set a new record of 275 sign-ins in support (versus 12 opposed). CONGRATULATIONS for that! Knife Rights and Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation provided ...
by critter
Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:58 am
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Topic: URGENT ACTION ALERT! Sign In TODAY to Support WA “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill!
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Re: URGENT ACTION ALERT! Sign In TODAY to Support WA “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill!

Thanks to all who have signed in. Please forward this alert to any of your friends in WA. The more we have signed in by the hearing tomorrow. the stronger position we'll be in.
by critter
Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:43 am
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Topic: URGENT ACTION ALERT! Sign In TODAY to Support WA “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill!
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Views: 4700

URGENT ACTION ALERT! Sign In TODAY to Support WA “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal Bill!

Knife Rights’ bill that would repeal Washington’s ban on “spring blade” (automatic) knives, SB 5860 , is set for a hearing Monday before the Senate Committee on Law & Justice. Sponsor Sen. Phil Fortunato has requested that we encourage our folks to sign in to support the bill. Unfortunately, yo...
by critter
Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:41 am
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Topic: Knife Rights’ Washington “Spring Blade” Knife Ban Repeal Bill Filed
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Knife Rights’ Washington “Spring Blade” Knife Ban Repeal Bill Filed

Knife Rights’ good friend Washington State Senator Phil Fortunato has filed SB 5860 that would repeal the state’s ban on “spring blade” knives. In 2012, with a strong bipartisan effort, Knife Rights worked to get the state’s law changed to allow civilian possession and carry of assisted-opening kni...
by critter
Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:04 am
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Topic: Knife Rights’ Opposition & Reply Brief Filed in Federal Switchblade Act Case
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Knife Rights’ Opposition & Reply Brief Filed in Federal Switchblade Act Case

Knife Rights has filed a consolidated Opposition & Reply Brief to the Fed’s Motion for Dismissal and Opposition to our Motion for Summary Judgement in our federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of portions of the Federal Switchblade Act . Click to read Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Opposi...
by critter
Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:49 pm
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Topic: Knife Rights' Bill Filed in Virginia to Remove Remaining Knife Concealed Carry Bans!
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Knife Rights' Bill Filed in Virginia to Remove Remaining Knife Concealed Carry Bans!

Following up on repeal in 2022 of Virginia’s ban on automatic knives and this year’s repeal of the state’s ban on concealed carry of these same knives, Knife Rights’ good friend Delegate Lee Ware has introduced HB 11 that would remove dirk, bowie [sic] knife, stiletto knife and razor from the list ...
by critter
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:51 am
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Topic: ACTION ALERT: Please Email or Call Ohio Speaker and Committee to Move Knife Rights Supported Bill!
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ACTION ALERT: Please Email or Call Ohio Speaker and Committee to Move Knife Rights Supported Bill!

In 2021 Knife Rights successfully lobbied to enact knife law reform in Ohio that eliminated a number vague knife laws and eliminated state knife bans. In 2022 we saw Knife Rights’ Signature Knife Law Preemption bill enacted, adding “knives” to the state’s firearms preemption statute, eliminating lo...
by critter
Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:03 am
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Topic: Knife Rights Files Amicus Brief in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Switchblade Case
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Knife Rights Files Amicus Brief in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Switchblade Case

Knife Rights has filed an Amicus (Friend of the Court) Brief with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in a criminal case involving illegal carry of a switchblade. In Commonwealth v. Canjura the Appellant has challenged the constitutionality under the Second Amendment of Massachusetts' ban on c...
by critter
Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:33 am
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Topic: Brief Filed Opposing Rehearing En Banc to Overturn Ruling that HI’s Butterfly Knife Ban is Unconstitutional
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Brief Filed Opposing Rehearing En Banc to Overturn Ruling that HI’s Butterfly Knife Ban is Unconstitutional

While we were at BLADE Show West last week, attorneys for the Appellants filed their response brief opposing Hawaii’s petition to the Ninth Circuit for a rehearing En Banc in an attempt to overturn the recent 3-0 panel decision in Teter v. Lopez that Hawaii’s ban on Butterfly Knives is unconstituti...
by critter
Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:20 pm
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Topic: Motion For Summary Judgment Filed in Knife Rights' Lawsuit to End Unconstitutional Federal Switchblade Act
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Motion For Summary Judgment Filed in Knife Rights' Lawsuit to End Unconstitutional Federal Switchblade Act

Knife Rights today filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in its federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of portions of the Federal Switchblade Act. A motion for summary judgment asks the court for a judgment on the merits of the case before the trial where there is no dispute of material fa...
by critter
Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:57 am
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Topic: 17 AGs File Amicus Brief in Support of Petition for Rehearing En Banc to Overturn HI Butterfly Knife Ruling
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17 AGs File Amicus Brief in Support of Petition for Rehearing En Banc to Overturn HI Butterfly Knife Ruling

Led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, 17 Attorneys General have filed an amicus (Friend of the Court) brief supporting Hawaii's petition to the Ninth Circuit for a rehearing En Banc in an attempt to overturn the recent 3-0 panel decision in Teter v. Lopez that Hawaii’s ban on Butterfly Kniv...
by critter
Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:39 pm
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Topic: Ninth Circuit Holds Hawaii's Butterfly Knife Ban Unconstitutional!
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Ninth Circuit Holds Hawaii's Butterfly Knife Ban Unconstitutional!

Today, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Hawaii's ban on butterfly knives violates the Second Amendment. Knife Rights filed an important amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of the appellants in the case of Teter v. Lopez. In its decision, the Cou...
by critter
Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:26 am
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Topic: Worst Anti-Knife City in America Caves to Knife Rights 2A Lawsuit! Second Amendment Knife Freedom Rings in Philadelphia!
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Worst Anti-Knife City in America Caves to Knife Rights 2A Lawsuit! Second Amendment Knife Freedom Rings in Philadelphia!

In 2014 Knife Rights published a list of the Ten Worst Anti-Knife Cities in America. At that time, New York City was number one, but we fixed New York City's "gravity knife arrests" problem in 2019, moving Philadelphia up to the number one Worst Anti-Knife City spot. Now Knife Rights has a...
by critter
Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:22 am
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Topic: LAST DAY to DONATE! Ultimate Steel ENDS TODAY, August 1st! Please DONATE Today!
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LAST DAY to DONATE! Ultimate Steel ENDS TODAY, August 1st! Please DONATE Today!

LAST DAY to DONATE! Ultimate Steel ENDS TODAY, August 1st! Please DONATE Today at www.UltimateSteel.org OVER $40,000 in Tail End PRIZES! OVER $154,000 TOTAL PRIZES! DOUBLE CHANCES to WIN! WINNER'S CHOICE! Winners IN EACH DRAWING SELECT THEIR CHOICE of available prizes! Already Donated? DONATE AGAIN...