All posts tagged "Knife Rights"
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NY Court of Appeals Upholds 2017 Switchblade Verdict
The New York Court of Appeals has just upheld a December 2017 decision in the People v. Berrezueta, where a man carrying an assisted-opening knife...
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New Knife Bills Introduced in Michigan and Virginia
Two more pieces of knife-centric legislation are working their way through the political system this month. Michigan sees its first possible advance in knife law...
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New York Governor Vetoes Knife Reform Bill for Second Year in a Row
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed the Knife Rights Gravity Knife and Switchblade Reform Bill for the second year in a row. When we...
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Illinois Governor Signs Switchblade Ban Repeal – But There’s a Catch
Following recent Knife Rights victories in Michigan, Colorado, and Texas, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner quietly signed SB 607 into law on Friday. The new legislation takes effect...
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New York and Michigan Knife Law Reform a Signature Away
It’s been less than two weeks since Governor Greg Abbott signed knife law reform legislation in Texas and Knife Rights hopes New York Governor Andrew...
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Knife Rights’ Texas Knife Law Reform Bill Signed by Governor
Earlier in June, we learned that Bowie, Texas’ big Bowie was officially crowned the World’s Largest Bowie Knife by the Guinness Book of World Records....
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Knife Rights and AKTI Competing Federal Bills on Collision Course
In early January, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs introduced legislation authored by Knife Rights called the Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2017 (KOPA), (H.R. 84), a...
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Knife Rights Ultimate Steel Mega Lottery Funds Knife Law Reform
Knife Rights takes action on behalf of American knife users to unravel a patchwork of senseless and archaic knife laws at the local, state, and federal level. To raise funds,...
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Colorado Governor Signs Switchblade Ban Repeal
Knife Rights helped to bring about another victory yesterday as Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill repealing Colorado’s total switchblade and gravity knife ban....
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Knife Rights’ Bill to Repeal Federal Switchblade Act of 1958 Introduced in Congress
On the heels of New York Governor Cuomo’s Veto of a bill that would have ended the arrest of people carrying pocket knives in New York...
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New York City Arrests to Continue: Governor Cuomo Vetoes Knife Reform Bill
In an eleventh-hour decision, yesterday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed the Gravity Knife and Switchblade Reform Bill. The Bill clarified the definition of a...
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Ultimate Steel Knives Fuel the Fight for our Knife Rights
“We don’t take no for an answer,” says Doug Ritter, Chairman of Knife Rights. The stubbornness of its leader has driven Knife Rights to help rewrite knife legislation across...
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Weirdest Knife Laws in America
Knife laws in the United States aren’t known for being straightforward or consistent. A patchwork of federal, state, and city laws overlap and even contradict...
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7 Best States for Knife People to Live In
What are the States that afford the greatest liberty and freedom to carry a blade in America? We wanted to find out. But tracking down up to...
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“Carrying a knife is disgraceful and it’s cowardly,” UK Top Cop Says
On the heels of the February murder of a 19-year-old; Michael Manley, Chief Superintendent for Nottinghamshire Police is urging young men to turn in their...
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Swedish Maker Showcases Craftsmanship in Award-Winning Work
Knifemaker Anders Högström is coming off a majorly successful Blade Show, having reeled in two of the biggest awards for a custom bladesmith with a single knife: Best in...
Traditional Knives Take a Surreal Turn
Longtime knife maker Bob Neal’s surreal, curved traditional knives are quickly getting the attention of knife makers and collectors. These blades take traditional folding knife patterns and incorporate a continuous,...
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Knife Steel Nerds Takes Scientific Approach to Steel Testing
Larrin Thomas is the man behind Knife Steel Nerds, a website dedicated to collecting, analyzing, and presenting information about knife steel in an accessible way. Thomas started his site...
TOPS Teams Up with Survival Show Star for Little Bugger
TOPS is rolling out the Little Bugger, an all-arounder in an unusual size category. The knife also represents a new collaboration partner in survival show star Matt Graham, and continued...
KA-BAR Debuts First-Ever Flipper Knife
KA-BAR is releasing its first-ever flipper, the Mark 98. This folder follows in the budget-conscious footsteps of other KA-BAR release and may lead to further flipper knife developments down...
Lucas Burnley Caters to Home Chefs with the Nita
Lucas Burnley is trying his hand in a new field with the Nita kitchen knife. This classic chef’s knife takes inspiration from iconic industrial design of the 20th century...
Three Rivers Manufacturing Releasing Two Mid-Year Sequels
Three Rivers Manufacturing is readying line expansions for two of its most popular models. The Neutron is the one-hand deploying, locking version of the Viator, and the Nomad slipjoint...
