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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...

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...

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...

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...

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The answer is…nobody. But, this is just too **** rich to ignore and perfectly illustrates how idiotic is Vermont's switchblade length restriction. For years we have been working with our good friend, Vermont Rep. Pat Brennan, to repeal the state's irrational under 3-inch length limit for switchblad...

Virginia Switchblade Concealed Carry Legalized: As of July 1st, concealed carry of automatic knives is legal in Virginia. This follows on from our repeal last year of Virginia's ban on switchblades (automatic) knives that did not include repeal of the ban on concealed carry. NOTE: Dirks, stilettos ...

Anti-Second Amendment forces are trying to repeal Preemption in Ohio. SB 78 is a dangerous bill that if passed would repeal the entirety of Ohio’s preemption law, including Knife Law Preemption which was just enacted last year after six years of Knife Rights' efforts. The initial Sponsor's Hearing o...

Knife Rights' Texas Knife Law Reform Bill, HB 1311, has passed the full House with a unanimous bipartisan vote. We thank our bill sponsors, Representatives Harold Dutton and Ryan Guillen, for their efforts, and all of you who emailed to get this bill out of committee. HB 1311 now moves to the Senate...

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Knife Rights has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the City of Philadelphia’s ban on “use or possess(ion of) any cutting weapon upon the public streets or upon any public property at any time,” as well as within 100 ft. of any school. Joining Knife Rights in the case are Knife Rights members Keith...

After intense lobbying and your hundreds of emails, Knife Rights' Texas Knife Law Reform Bill, HB 1311, was voted out of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee by a bipartisan 9-0 vote. A floor vote is soon expected. We thank Chairman Joe Moody for bringing the bill to a vote. HB 1311 would crea...

Knife Rights supported Florida Permitless Carry bill, HB 543, which includes knives, has been signed by Governor DeSantis. Once in effect, starting July 1st, concealed carry in Florida without a permit will no longer be limited to a "pocket knife." NOTE: Permitless Concealed Carry does not...

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed HB 2298 that removes switchblades from the list of weapons that cannot be carried concealed in the state. NOTE: Repeal does not become effective until July 1st. Until that date, concealed carry of automatic knives remains illegal in Virginia. We sincerely app...

Knife Rights today filed a federal lawsuit challenging California’s complete ban on common automatic knives 2-inches and greater that the State prohibits as illegal “switchblades.” Joining Knife Rights in the case are Knife Rights members James Miller, Garrison Ham, and Eliot Kaagan and knife retail...

Knife Rights supported Nebraska Constitutional Carry bill, LB 77 which includes knives and preemption, will be up for a vote in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature shortly, possibly before the end of this week. If you are a Nebraska resident, please use Knife Rights’ Legislative Action Center TODAY t...

Virginia HB 2298 that would remove switchblades from the list of weapons that cannot be carried concealed in the state has passed out of the House Courts of Justice Committee by a bipartisan vote of 16-4. The bill now moves to the House floor. Our repeal last year of Virginia’s ban on switchblades (...

Knife Rights’ Mississippi bill to enact knife law preemption, SB 2383 , is stalled in committee. The deadline for a hearing is Tuesday! ACT RIGHT NOW! If you are a Mississippi resident, or work or travel in the state, please use Knife Rights’ Legislative Action Center to email or call Lieutenant Go...

Longtime Knife Rights Texas bill sponsor, Representative Harold Dutton, has introduced HB 1311, a bill that would remove two commonly visited places where Location-Restricted Knives (knives over 5 1/2 inches) are banned. Those locations are restaurants and bars that derive 51% of their income from s...

Our repeal last year of Virginia's ban on switchblades (automatic) knives did not include repeal of the ban on concealed carry. Our good friend Delegate Lee Ware, who sponsored the first attempt at repealing Virginia's switchblade ban in 2017 (vetoed by Gov. McAuliffe), has introduced [URL='https://...