Knife Rights' Georgia Knife Law Reform Advances

Critter

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The language from Knife Rights' Georgia Knife Law Reform bill, SB 49, that would increase the legal carry length of a knife blade in the state from 5 inches to 12 inches, has been added as an amendment to HB 292 and voted out of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. The full committee vote is expected shortly.

HB 292 is this year's "omnibus" gun bill in Georgia which is strongly supported by the NRA and had previously passed in the House.

HB292 must still pass the Senate and then go back to the House for approval of the changes, but things look positive for it to move at this time. As you may recall, two weeks ago the same language was amended onto another bill in the Senate, SB 99, which passed and was sent to the House. At this point we have two opportunities to get this language enacted into law.

This is great news for knife owners, makers and manufacturers in Georgia and those who attend the BLADE Show in Atlanta every year and this year's NRA Annual Meeting which is also being held in Atlanta.

We would like to thank Senator Bill Heath for his tenacity in working to get this done this session and we'd also like to thank our friends at the NRA-ILA for their assistance.

Efforts to completely eliminate the carry length limit have been stymied due to the manner in which a knife is defined in Georgia law. This will make life much better for knife owners in Georgia without hampering future efforts to completely eliminate the carry length limit at some future opportunity.


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