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URGENT ACTION ALERT: Last Friday the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on repealing knife bans in the state. Things didn't go smoothly due to testimony that bolstered law enforcement opposition to repealing the ban on dirks and daggers. For details see: http://bit.ly/1Cm8S8k ) We nee...

Nevada State Senator James Settelmeyer has introduced SB176 , a Comprehensive Knife Law Reform Bill that Knife Rights requested which would repeal the existing bans on switchblade knives, dirks, daggers and belt buckle knives and would also enact Knife Rights' Knife Law Preemption. Nevada has come ...

Two of Knife Rights requested Knife Law Reform bills passed a major hurdle today in Oklahoma. House Bill 1460 (Knife Rights' Knife Law Preemption bill) passed the Oklahoma House Public Safety Committee by a vote of 8-1 and House Bill 1911 (Knife Rights' Switchblade Ban Repeal bill) passed by a vote...

Kentucky State Senator Robin Webb has introduced Knife Rights' Knife Law Preemption bill, SB 146 . SB 146 would repeal all existing local knife regulations and prohibit any future knife regulations, making state knife law supreme over the entire state. It also specifically provides that parties may...

The bill to "fix" New York state's gravity knife statute in a effort to protect New York City knife owners, A4821 , has been assigned to the Assembly Committee on Codes.This bill would require that prosecutors prove "unlawful intent" in order for someone to be prosecuted for pos...

Vermont State Representative Patrick Brennan,Co-Chairman of the Vermont Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, has introduced a Knife Rights requested bill H.165 that would enact Knife Law Preemption in Vermont. H.165 has been assigned to the House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources. If you l...

Maine State Representative Joel Stetkis has introduced "an act to restore access to certain knives." This Knife Rights authored bill, LD 264, would repeal Maine's irrational and antiquated ban on automatic (switchblade) and gravity knives. This bill has been assigned to committee, so now ...

The Virginia Senate Committee for Courts of Justice voted 13-0 to strike the recently introduced Ivory Ban bill, SB 1215, at the request of sponsor Senator Adam Ebbin (D-30). Ebbin made the request after an alliance of organizations opposed to the bill, including Knife Rights, helped make it clear ...

Knife Rights' Knife Law Preemption bill was passed in Oklahoma last year by overwhelming majorities in both houses of the legislature, but Governor Fallin vetoed the bill for political reasons unrelated to the bill. Efforts to override the veto were stymied by the same political firestorm. Knife Ri...

On Friday last week, Texas state Representative John Frullo introduced Knife Rights' Knife Law Preemption bill, HB 905 , that would rid Texas of its patchwork of local knife laws more strict than state law. Two Texas cities made Knife Rights' 10 Worst Anti-Knife Cities in America list for 2014 , San...

Maine state Representative Joel Stetkis has introduced "an act to restore access to certain knives." This Knife Rights authored bill would repeal Maine's irrational and antiquated ban on automatic (switchblade) and gravity knives. We expect to have a bill number later this week Automatic k...

Knife Rights' Knife Owners' Protection Act, H.R.419 (KOPA), was re-introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today by sponsor Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ). Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter explained, "KOPA will protect law-abiding knife owners travelling throughout the U.S. from the vagaries ...

South Carolina Representatives Mike Pitts and Bill Hixon have filed Knife Rights' Knife Law Preemption bill, H.3115 , and Indiana Representative Peggy Mayfield has also filed a Knife Rights Knife Law Preemption bill (we should have a bill number in the coming days). These two bills are just the sta...

This week Knife Rights was busy fighting New York City's persecution of knife owners on two fronts. Oral argument in the appeal of Knife Rights' Federal Civil Rights case against New York City and District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. , which was dismissed on standing grounds, was held on January 13 i...

A Bloomberg writer displays ignorance and prejudice in an outrageous article stating, "Don't Call it a Pocketknife" because "carrying a knife isn't just an anachronism; it's a terrible idea. So let's retire the term pocketknife, along with the practice it implies." His ridiculou...

In the past five years Knife Rights has significantly advanced the rights of law-abiding knife owners in the United States, passing 15 pro-knife bills in 11 states. Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter explains, "This first annual Knife Rights review of the worst and best knife laws in America con...

The City of New York has agreed to pay $7,500 to a falsely arrested knife owner in a Knife Rights supported case. The embarrassing settlement shows that the city would rather pay than try to justify its illegal conduct after police declared his Spyderco UK Pen Knife an illegal "gravity knife&q...

http://www.kniferights.org/images/village_voice_10-8-14_800w.jpg New York City's The Village Voice newspaper has published a front-page article, " Blade Stunner ," slamming the City's persecution of knife owners. Journalist Jon Campbell's in-depth research provides an informative historic...

40 More Cities Added to Knife Rights LegalBlade™ App World's First Knife Law App! Available Now for Android, iPhone & iPad Knife Rights Foundation has recently added 40 more cities to its groundbreaking LegalBlade™ App - Knife Laws in America™. LegalBlade™ is the world's first knife law app! Le...