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·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683 Congress Passes NRA-backed Legislation Protecting Pocketknife Classification Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Fairfax, Va. – This week the United States Senate passed crucial legislation that will protect pocketknives used by tens of millions of Americans. The amendment, actively supported by the National Rifle Association, was included in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill and will keep pocketknives from being classified as illegal switchblades. U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Tex.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) authored the amendment and were instrumental in its passage through Congress. U.S. Congressmen Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and...

Beware! That folding knife in your pocket may turn you into a criminal if the Obama administration gets its way. Although there has been a lot of fear and speculation that the new administration wants to take your guns, the most pressing threat now is actually to your pocket knives. With the changing of the guard at U.S. Customs, that agency has now embarked on redefining "switchblades" under federal law to include a wide variety of one hand opening knives that never were intended to be prohibited. In fact, many of the knives U.S. Customs now seek to prohibit under...

Two men carrying knives in their hand luggage have been stopped from boarding a passenger plane at Stansted Airport in Essex. The men were trying to board a Ryanair flight to Oslo in Norway on Tuesday. It was not yet known if they were known to each other or if they had any links to terrorism. A total of six men were stopped from boarding the plane as a result of the finds. Folding knife The first man stopped, who was a British national, was found to have a small knife in his hand luggage when it was put through...