The American Knife & Tool Institute (AKTI) today announced that its lobbying team has spent last week at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) annual Legislative Summit, being…..
Oklahoma Governor Fallin has signed the SB 1159. It removes a ban on the carry of certain knives that has existed for over 100 years.
Legal Aid Society, the largest non-profit legal services agency in the nation and New York’s primary public defender, filed an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) Brief in Knife Rights NYC lawsuit
Knife Rights Foundation has recently added 40 more cities to its groundbreaking LegalBlade App – Knife Laws in America.
The Knife Rights supported West Virginia Permitless (Constitutional) Carry bill, HB 4145, that was vetoed by the governor was overridden by the legislature this past weekend.
The Knife Rights supported West Virginia Permitless (Constitutional) Carry bill, HB 4145, was passed by the legislature by a majority sufficient to override a veto and has been vetoed by…..
Georgia Senator Heath has introduced Knife Rights’ Georgia Knife Law Reform bill, that would increase the legal carry length of a knife blade in the state from 5.5 inches to 12 inches…
The Wisconsin Department of Justice issues some interpretations of the knife reform law signed by Governor Walker on February 6th, 2016.
Knife Rights’ Oklahoma Knife Law Reform bill, SB 1159, has been introduced by Senator Nathan Dahm.
Knife Rights’ Wisconsin Knife Law Reform Bill including Knife Law Preemption, AB 142, passed unanimously by voice vote yesterday evening in the Senate and is off to Governor Scott Walker for…..
The Wisconsin Senate unanimously passes Knife law reform, to place state law in line with the Wisconsin Constitution. The bill now goes to Governor Walker.
The American Knife & Tool Institute (AKTI) today announced its plans to increase its lobbying efforts in order to prompt reform of knife laws in 2016.
The new law invalidates all municipal and county knife ordinances more restrictive than state law, creating uniform knife laws throughout the Lone Star State.
Several Texas cities, including San Antonio and Corpus Christi, will see their restrictive knife laws voided as of September 1st when Texas House Bill 905 — Knife Rights’ signature Knife Law…..
Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter traveled to Oklahoma City last month for the formal signing ceremony for Knife Rights’ two Oklahoma Knife Law Reform bills passed and signed earlier this year.
Knife Rights’ Nevada Knife Law Reform Bill, SB 176, went into effect as of July 1.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has signed Knife Rights’ Knife Law Preemption bill, HB 1460, after passage by the House 81-4…..
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged that Freddie Gray was falsely arrested and that the knife in his pocket was not an illegal switchblade…
The legislation is a response to the current patchwork of state & local knife laws, which have increasingly presented problems to lawful knife owners during interstate travel…
Not so long ago, in a country where some citizens still believe in freedom, the rebel advocacy organization Knife Rights was born…
The City of New York lost their egregiously bad case and has agreed to pay $7,500 to a falsely arrested knife owner in a Knife Rights supported action…
Complete and legally accurate knife law information is now available on the revised American Knife & Tool Institute website…
It started with an inflammatory article by James Oliphant in the National Journal, “Inside the Knife Rights Movement
Tennessee is the 7th state in which Knife Rights has repealed a ban on switchblades and other knives. This makes 17 legislative victories by Knife Rights in just over four years…
Indiana SB 301 would make state knife law supreme over the entire state, repealing existing local knife regulations and prohibiting any future knife regulations…
Authored by noted Second Amendment scholars David Kopel, Clayton Cramer & Joe Olson, the paper makes the case for knives as “arms” protected by the Second Amendment, supporting one of Knife Rights’ foundational tenets…
Building on Knife Rights’ unprecedented 2013 legislative success with 5 more pro-knife bills passed, we are getting a jump on 2014 by filing two bills already in Florida and Tennessee…
Wednesday the judge ruled that the plaintiffs arrest over common pocket knives, do not have standing to sue, in part because the case documents don’t identify specific knives that would be illegal…
Knife Rights has recently received numerous emails and calls seeking clarification of the new Texas law repealing the ban on automatic (switchblade) knives…
Tennessee is the seventh state to pass Knife Law Preemption since Knife Rights passed the first-in-the-nation Knife Law Preemption bill in Arizona in 2010, and the third state this year…