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The Washington "Spring Blade" Knife Ban Repeal bill, SB 5782, which passed the Senate last year and ran out of time in the House, is back! Today it once again passed in the Senate by a vote of 46-1. This is the same overwhelming bipartisan vote as last year. The bill now moves to the House...

The Washington “Spring Blade” Knife Ban Repeal bill, SB 5782, that didn’t receive a House floor vote last year as time ran out after passing the Senate and its House committee, has been sent to the floor for a vote by the full Senate in the coming days. If you live, work or travel to...

Indeed! If you are looking for rationality in legislation, you are going to be disappointed. We move the needle in the right direction as we can. Incremental improvement is better than none at all and this change will be a big improvement for the vast majority of Mississippians. If we get it...

Not sure what you are referring to. The only other place I find Bowie knives mentioned is § 97-37-5 which deals with felons and weapon possession. That would not change

An Illinois bill to repeal the Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) Card Act, HB 4067, has been introduced by Representative John Cabello and gained 15 co-sponsors. When we got the state’s total switchblade ban repealed in 2017, we had to compromise to require a FOID card in order to possess an...

West Virginia SB 96 that would expand the state's firearms preemption statute to include "deadly weapons," including knives, was passed out of the Judiciary Committee with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 16-1. It now heads to the Senate floor for a vote. Use Knife Rights' Legislative Action...

As efforts to enact more restrictive and confiscatory gun control laws have accelerated recently, many knife owners feel like they are being thrown under the bus by one argument presented by pro-Second Amendment supporters. Recent headlines make the point that the latest FBI Uniform Crime...

Knife Rights supported HB 446, repealing the Texas ban on carry of clubs* (including tomahawks) and possession of knuckles (including trench knives and the like), takes effect September 1. NOTE: A Trench Knife, or similar, with a blade over 5.5-inches will be considered a Location Restricted...

Saturday, August 24th, is National Knife Day and Knife Rights is celebrating our continuing success Rewriting Knife Law in America™ with the opportunity for you to WIN a John Gray Custom Graviton Gravity Knife generously donated by John. With Knife Rights’ recent repeal of the Gravity Knife Ban...

While we were successful in repealing New York’s Gravity Knife Ban in an effort to solve the problems with New York City’s unconstitutional enforcement scheme against possessors of common folding knives, we were unable to stop another irrational knife ban from being put in place. Governor Cuomo...

New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., is up to his old tricks again, still trying to victimize law abiding knife owners. The contemptible DA is attempting to vacate the Federal District Court decision that ruled the “wrist flick test,” used by NYPD and prosecutors to determine if a knife...

Ohio State Senator Joe Uecker, sponsor of Knife Rights’ Ohio knife law reform bill, SB 140, negotiated to include the key bill language from SB 140 in the Senate’s amendment to the State Budget, which passed the Senate yesterday. The bill will now be taken up in conference committee next week...

The Ohio Senate Committee on Government Oversight and Reform passed Knife Rights’ Ohio knife law reform bill, SB 140, by a vote of 9 – 1. The next action will be a vote of the full Senate, which could come as early as next week. If you live, work or travel to Ohio, please use Knife Rights’...

The Supreme Court of the United States denied Plaintiff's petition for a Writ of Certiorari, ending eight years of Knife Rights' federal civil rights litigation against New York City and District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. The Court's denial would be more disappointing had the strong possibility...

A Texas bill that strengthens the state’s preemption statute, HB 3231, has been signed by Governor Abbott. HB3231 enhances the state’s firearm and knife law preemption statute by adding a provision that prevents local governments from restricting firearms and knife sales through the use of...

[Post in General approved by Spark] In a counter to Plaintiff's responsive brief to their mootness letter, New York City and DA Vance have hurled a Hail Mary brief at SCOTUS in an effort to defend their mootness claim. It would appear to fail on all accounts. They claim we did not challenge...

As expected, shortly after NY Governor Cuomo signed A5944 into law repealing NY's gravity knife bans, New York City and DA Vance submitted a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court claiming that the new law mooted the case. They claim that the new law removing the gravity knife bans means that our case...

After our huge win last week repealing New York State’s ban on Gravity Knives in order to stop the flagrantly discriminatory arrests and prosecutions in New York City of those who carry common folding knives, over 70,000 to date and disproportionately minorities, unrepentant Mayor Bill de...

After 9 years of effort, 8 years of costly Federal litigation, 3 bills passed overwhelmingly and the terrifying threat of losing big time at the U.S. Supreme Court, New York Governor Cuomo signed A5944, repealing the state's bans on Gravity Knives (while leaving the definition intact). By...