Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday evening signed HB 2298, which removes switchblades from the list of weapons that cannot be carried concealed in the state.
NOTE: Repeal does not become effective until July 1st. Until that date, concealed carry of automatic knives remains illegal in Virginia.
We sincerely appreciate Delegate Lee Ware for sponsoring this bill. We also must acknowledge the support for this effort from our good friends at the Virginia Citizens Defense League and especially, President Philip Van Cleave. Knife Rights will continue to work with our friends in Virginia to remove all knife restrictions in the future.
As noted previously, the bill was amended to add “stiletto” to the list of items that cannot be carried concealed. This is essentially superfluous because prior court decisions in Virginia have held that a stiletto and dagger are “of like kind” to a “dirk,” which has long been prohibited from concealed carry. As such, take note that dirks, stilettos and daggers are already prohibited, and remain prohibited, from concealed carry in Virginia.
Our repeal last year of Virginia’s ban on switchblades (automatic) knives did not include repeal of the ban on concealed carry. This bill takes care of that.
Knife Rights is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization; leading the fight to Rewrite Knife Law in America™ and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans™. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 41 bills enacted repealing knife bans in 26 states and over 150 cities and towns since 2010.
Knife Rights
Knife Rights is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization, leading the fight to Rewrite Knife Law in America and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 40 bills enacted repealing knife bans in 26 states and over 150 cities and towns since 2010.
We, in Virginia are grateful for the change. Knife laws here are kind of stupid but this change is a great start.
Knife rights are gun rights, are civil rights, are human rights. “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”! PERIOD!!
VCDL looks forward to working with Knife Rights next year to clean up Virginia’s knife laws.
In the early days of the NYC subway, the fast deploying switchblade knife became the answer to mugging victim’s prayers. But NY liberals responded qiuckly, and banned the flashy new device into extinction. Never has any popular item disappeared from American culture so completely.