Legal Issues – The Cutting Edge https://blog.knife-depot.com The official blog of Knife Depot Tue, 03 Jan 2023 20:33:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://blog.knife-depot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-kd-favicon3-32x32.png Legal Issues – The Cutting Edge https://blog.knife-depot.com 32 32 Pennsylvania Repeals Ban on Switchblades https://blog.knife-depot.com/pennsylvania-repeals-ban-on-switchblades/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/pennsylvania-repeals-ban-on-switchblades/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2023 20:33:22 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=20089 If you’re one of the roughly 13 million people who live in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we have some good news for you: the switchblade ban in Pennsylvania has been repealed and is now in effect. Thanks to the hardworking lobbyists at American Knife & Tool Institute and Knife Rights, a repeal of the switchblade […]

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]]> https://blog.knife-depot.com/pennsylvania-repeals-ban-on-switchblades/feed/ 2 Ohio Knife Preemption Bill Becomes Law https://blog.knife-depot.com/ohio-knife-preemption-bill-becomes-law/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/ohio-knife-preemption-bill-becomes-law/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2022 22:00:06 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=19690 If you live in Ohio, we have great news for you. The Knife Rights’ Ohio Knife Law Preemption bill officially went into effect on September 13, 2022. This means vague and complicated local laws across the state have been eliminated. Originally, Ohio had a firearm preemption law that prevented local municipalities from regulating firearms. Knife […]

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]]> https://blog.knife-depot.com/ohio-knife-preemption-bill-becomes-law/feed/ 3 Knife Rights Gives Updates on WA & TX Knife Bills https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-rights-gives-updates-on-wa-tx-knife-bills/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-rights-gives-updates-on-wa-tx-knife-bills/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:01:27 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=15162 Knife Rights is hot off the heels of helping get a switchblade ban repeal and knife law preemption bill passed in the state of Montana. In fact, the knife advocacy organization held a signing ceremony for the bill, which was attended by Ethan Becker, Governor Steve  Bullock, activist Joe Paschal, ACLU of Montana Director of Advocacy […]

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]]> https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-rights-gives-updates-on-wa-tx-knife-bills/feed/ 1 Legislation on ‘Gravity Knives’ in NY Moves Forward… Again https://blog.knife-depot.com/legislation-on-gravity-knives-in-ny-moves-forward-again/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/legislation-on-gravity-knives-in-ny-moves-forward-again/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:27:28 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=15106   The arrests of knife owners in New York continues. More than four years after the Village Voice published an exposé on how vague wording in the statutes have led to thousands of arrests against mostly minority knife owners in New York City, the arrests are still going on. Even after lobbying from Knife Rights […]

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]]> https://blog.knife-depot.com/legislation-on-gravity-knives-in-ny-moves-forward-again/feed/ 1 Montana Repeals Switchblade Ban https://blog.knife-depot.com/montana-switchblade-ban-repeal/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/montana-switchblade-ban-repeal/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:44:23 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=15035   Knife Rights secured yet another victory — this time for the people of Montana. A switchblade ban repeal and knife preemption bill was officially signed into law by Montana Governor Steve Bullock this week. This means that switchblades (also known as automatic knives) are now legal to own and carry in the Treasure State. […]

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]]> https://blog.knife-depot.com/montana-switchblade-ban-repeal/feed/ 1 Virginia Governor Vetoes Switchblade Commerce Bill https://blog.knife-depot.com/virginia-governor-vetoes-switchblade-commerce-bill/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/virginia-governor-vetoes-switchblade-commerce-bill/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:14:37 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=14880   Despite bipartisan support from the Virginia General Assembly, the bill to allow switchblades to be made in Virginia and sold to other states was vetoed by Governor Ralph Northam. The switchblade commerce bill — known as SB1251 — had passed the Virginia House of Delegates 57 to 42 (with one no vote) and passed […]

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]]> https://blog.knife-depot.com/virginia-governor-vetoes-switchblade-commerce-bill/feed/ 3 Knife Rights Appeals NYC Gravity Knife Case to Supreme Court https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-rights-appeals-nyc-case-to-supreme-court/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-rights-appeals-nyc-case-to-supreme-court/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:51:38 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=13984   Knife Rights has announced it is appealing a case related to the abusive enforcement of New York’s gravity knife ban to the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, a panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of New York City and District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr in […]

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]]> https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-rights-appeals-nyc-case-to-supreme-court/feed/ 2 Knife Owners’ Protection Act Introduced to Senate https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-owners-protection-act-introduced-to-senate/ https://blog.knife-depot.com/knife-owners-protection-act-introduced-to-senate/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:56:35 +0000 https://blog.knife-depot.com/?p=13257   In a small but important step in getting the Federal Switchblade Act repealed and providing greater protection to knife owners, the Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2018 was officially introduced to the Senate. This is a companion to the same bill introduced to the House in 2017. Commonly called KOPA, the act would remove […]

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