Knife Rights: The Unseen Side of the Second Amendment

Daily Signal ^ | 7/25/2016 | Faith Vander Voort

[milton23]

While congressional Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over gun control, proponents of a smaller, often overlooked facet of the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms pursue a battle of their own—the right to carry a knife.

Knife Rights, an Arizona-based advocacy group aimed at ridding states of existing bans on specific types of knives, is leading the fight against restrictive knife laws across the U.S.

“Protecting knife rights is the second front in the defense of the Second Amendment,” Todd Rathner, director of legislative affairs at Knife Rights, told The Daily Signal.

[2harddrive]

Todd’s group is on the cutting edge of Knife Rights!

[thorvaldr]

The founding fathers never could have foreseen modern, high capacity “assault knives”.

[pgyanke]

“... the right to keep and bear ARMS shall not be infringed.”

It doesn’t say “guns.” For most of the world, arms means whatever is at hand for self defense. We get lost in the debate and forget the meaning of words.

[Yo-Yo]

The founding fathers never could have foreseen modern, high capacity “assault knives”.

You laugh, but that's what many states consider butterfly knives, switchblades, OTF automatics, or even double edged knives.

In the UK, you can't carry a locking blade knife at all. Only slip joint knives are allowed.

[max americana]

I have a couple. Had to ask my attorney which is legal, especially here in mexifornia.

[M Kehoe]

First they came after the 105mm howitzer, and I didn’t say anything because I don’t own a 105mm howitzer. Then they came after the recoilless rifle, and I didn’t say anything because I don’t own a recoilless rifle. Then they came after the AK-47, and I didn’t say anything because I don’t own an AK-47.

Then they came after the French chef’s knives, and by that time it was too late.

5.56mm

[econjack]

My experience is that most people have no clue what the purpose of the Second Amendment is. Usually I get the lame argument: You don’t need an assault rifle to go hunting. If you ever run across an idiot offering that argument, ask them to explain the Third Amendment and suggest that the Second Amendment was passed as a way to enforce the Third Amendment. Most will give you a deer-in-the-headlights look.

[tomkat]

Quartering ?

Why yes, there's an app for that:

[Paladin2]

The FF had mounted bayonets.

[SandRat]

That should include Sword CANES.

[ByteMercenary]

Now this is a knife ...

https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=C111US0D20151113&p=dundee+now+this+is+a+knife

[SandRat]

RATa would complain about my little 2.5” single blade folding Penknife.

[archy]

The founding fathers never could have foreseen modern, high capacity “assault knives”.

Gitchie Mok'umon they called him-Potowatamie lingo for *Long Knife*. Brother to Meriweather Lewis's partner Will Clark, he was.

[archy]

You don’t need an assault rifle to go hunting.

Depends on what you're hunting. They're right handy should you choose to take up the Constitutionally approved trade of Privateering, however....

[archy]

RATa would complain about my little 2.5” single blade folding Penknife.

Not if I get ahold of them first....

[Elderberry]

Texas has some stupid knife laws:

“Illegal knife” means a:

(A) knife with a blade over five and one-half inches;

(B) hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown;

(C) dagger, including but not limited to a dirk, stiletto, and poniard;

(D) bowie knife;

(E) sword; or

(F) spear.

[hadaclueonce]

(D) bowie knife

Not being able to carry one in Texas, is a sin.

[SandRat]

Thet’d want to arrest me for having my hiking staffa 4’6” a 1” ice pick on ohe end of it.

[arthurus]

Knives, swords, battleaxes, RPGs, F-22s; all are Arms and constitutionally available to anyone not incarcerated and subject to involuntary servitude a la the 13th Amendment who can afford them to keep and bear.