Posted on 09/08/2009 3:25:40 PM PDT by epow
We just received an update on the next step in the battle against the U.S. Customs and their proposal to revoke earlier rulings that assisted opening knives are not switchblades.
To recap, the proposal would not only outlaw assisted opening knives, but its overly broad new definition of a switchblade would also include all one-handed opening knives and most other pocket knives!
If you have not been keeping up with the news surrounding the legislation, we invite you to read these posts, which will get up to speed.
U.S. Representatives will be back in D.C. right after Labor Day and American Knife & Tool Institute has been working behind the scenes to get them on board with the Senate amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2892). What You Can Do
AKTI needs you to support this effort! If you are a company representative or an individual, it’s time to ask for amendment support from key House committee and subcommittee chairs and ranking members.
If you have a business in, sell products in, live in, or plan to vacation in, or hunt or fish in WI, CA, NC, KY, TX, IL, NY, MI, go to the AKTI Web site where you’ll find a list of key Congressmen with addresses and fax numbers.
You’ll also find individual and company letters to House Members for you to download, personalize, sign, and then both fax and mail.
Please choose the appropriate letter and do this ASAP. The fate of the sporting knife industry and your ability to carry/use folding knives depends on it.
I don't own a switchblade "assault knife", but if switchblades come under the heading of "arms" I have a Constitutional right to own and carry one.
Hmmm...I bought a switchblade not too long ago off the Internet no problem...does this only apply to the states listed?
I read somewhere that Boys Scouts were no longer allowed to carry a pocket knive. With current logic being as it is, I guess it is OK to carry an ax.
Those stories were from Britain. I think they send kids out into astroturf forests with gas campfires.
The law authorizing a Georgia Firearms license also covers knives.....
That’s in UK....soon to be here too.......
That’s in UK
Thanks
Those stories were from Britain.
Thanks........Will be here next.
That's a relief. Because sometimes I do.
Who listens to or obeys these laws? Sissys? Ignore stupid laws. Disobey the gooberment.
/johnny
Some fools saw Rebel Without a Cause or other teen delinquent movies, panicked and supported the ban.
Does ANYBODY actually pay attention to these bans anyway? You can buy a fully functional switchblade at many of the flea-markets in the rural area I live in.
I'll remember that.
When I was a young fellow, I worked a lot on the water, and I always had a switch in my back pocket. In those days, the penalty for carrying one was the same as for a concealed pistol... but I always had one.
Why? Because when a runaway line snags you, you have one chance to cut the damned thing- and you have to use one hand to grab it...
It was a tool, used for work and never brandished as a weapon.
yup...handy to have around just in case. Just Google it and you can find some really nice Italian made blades for around $75.00
If I remember correctly these rules only apply to imports, not American made knives. However, I have no doubt in a few years they will try to add US made knives to the ban.
Banning knives is ever dumber than banning firearms.
"..Switchblades are often covered by very specific laws—enacted at times of moral panic by newspapers and films about knife use by criminals.[1] This was most prominent in the late 1950s, when films such as Rebel Without a Cause and High School Confidential in 1955, the Broadway play West Side Story and 12 Angry Men in 1957 all featured switchblades, and were closely followed by the US Switchblade Act of 1958 (a federal law; individual state laws differ widely). This US federal law was closely followed by the UK Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959.[2].."
The laws are relics of the 50s and are silly overreactions to Movie depictions of delinquents. There is not a drop of practical utility in these laws.
I wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in this subject or the posted article. But the replies have been interesting and informative, and my opinion that it’s virtually impossible for an overbearing nanny state government to ban or even effectively regulate common hardware tools like knives and guns is confirmed in my mind even better than before.
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