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Boston Knife Ban – Action Needed

KNIFE CONTROL - Boston Knife Ban - Action Needed

American Knife & Tool Institute

BOSTON, MA --(Ammoland.com)- In response to the Boston City Council’s current interest in further controlling knife sales in their city, the American Knife & Tool Institute has hired a Boston lobby firm to stop any further restrictive control of knives.

The Council has introduced a proposal that would require an additional license of retail stores that sell knives within the city limits.

While the proponents believe such an ordinance would improve public safety for the citizens of Boston, AKTI believes that such a measure would discourage knife sales and limit the individual’s right to purchase responsible and much needed tools. It is an inequitable and misguided effort that we oppose.

If you live in Boston, sell knives, or operate a business there, we need to you act now. Contact Mayor Menino’s Office at (617) 635-4500 and your Boston City Councilperson (617) 635-4500.

When the person answers the phone tell them that you reside, work or own a business at (give them your address) and you would like to speak to the City Council member who represents your district. Express your concern in a polite manner.

This is just our first step to defeat this anti-knife and anti-business proposal.

NEEDED – $10,000
The cost just for this part of our Boston effort is $10,000. AKTI is working on several other legislative initiatives for the upcoming year. We have people effectively working behind the scenes in several states volunteering their efforts on behalf of the entire knife community. In order to keep protecting knife rights for all of the industry and every knife owner, your contributions are needed to fund this fight. Please do what you can and contribute to AKTI’s Legislative Fund today.

For more details on the Boston situation and updates go to www.AKTI.org.

GERBER GATOR
Check out this month’s AKTI online auction knife – a Gerber Gator Folder, “Most Innovative Knife of the Year” at the 1991 Blade Show, donated by Gerber. The current bid is only $25 and the auction ends October 31st. This is a chance to contribute to the AKTI Legislative Fund and own a great knife!

Thanks to CRKT for the donation of an Onion Skinner which added $72 to the AKTI Legislative Fund. We appreciate the generous contributions and membership of CRKT as a member of the Board of Regents.

The American Knife & Tool Institute (AKTI) is a non-profit organization (501(c)6) representing all segments of the knife industry and all knife users. Formed by concerned industry leaders after considerable discussion with individual knifemakers, knife magazine publishers, and a broad section of the knife community, AKTI has been the reasonable and responsible voice of the knife community since 1998. For more about AKTI, please see our website at www.AKTI.org.

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Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation is AKTI’s First Advocacy Partner

American Knife & Tool Institute

WASHINGTON, DC --(Ammoland.com)- The American Knife & Tool Institute (AKTI) is pleased to announce its support of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and its programs: the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) and the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC).

AKTI’s Board of Regents recently chose to select the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation as the very first “American Knife & Tool Institute Advocacy Partner.” AKTI recognizes the value CSF brings as an organizing force for federal and state legislation providing bi-partisan access to pro-sportsmen legislators.

“The two organizations worked cooperatively in 2009 when U.S. Customs’ action threatened to classify assisted opening knives as illegal switchblades,” noted AKTI Legislative Chairman CJ Buck, Buck Knives, “and we want to continue a mutually beneficial relationship realizing that when legislators step up to defend your outdoor heritage they must also protect the knives that make those outdoor experiences possible.”

Congressional Sportsmen

For over 20 years, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation has been the voice of the American sportsmen by protecting our interests and traditions in the halls of government. CSF is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with decades of combined public policy and political experience with unprecedented access to one of the largest, oldest and most effective caucuses in the U.S. Congress – the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus. In state capitols throughout the nation, over half of the nation’s chief executives are part of the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus and nearly 2,000 state legislators make up the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses.

The American Knife & Tool Institute has been the advocacy voice of the knife industry and all knife users, protecting individuals who rely on knives on a daily basis from restrictive and unreasonable knife laws, since 1998. AKTI is recognized worldwide as a respected, credible and accurate source of knife legislation information, legislative input, and industry information. We have a successful, proven record of accomplishments in making effective changes to restrictive knife laws and promoting reasonable and responsible laws and enforcement.

AKTI’s support of the CSF will help ensure that we can continue to safeguard the outdoor heritage that is so important to many Americans, and safeguard the most essential tool to those activities – the knife.

Please visit the AKTI website www.AKTI.org to learn about AKTI services and efforts. Also visit CSF at www.sportsmenslink.org to learn more about their programs and membership.

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