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After the Senate committee hearing, Knife Rights' Director of Legislative Affairs, Todd Rathner, stayed over in Olympia to meet with sponsor Representative Kelly Chambers on her bi-partisan House version of this bill, HB 2366. This bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Mike Chapman, Tom Dent and Cyndy Jacobsen. Todd will be working both bills in an effort to get this over the finish line this year.
Finally, a shout out to our good friends at the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation for testifying in support of SB 5680 and for Washington manufacturer Mike Vellekamp of V Nives for his support.
Background:
In 2012, with a strong bipartisan effort, Knife Rights worked to get the state's law changed to allow civilian possession and carry of assisted-opening knives and the manufacture and distribution of automatic knives and expanded possession and carry to first responders and military members. For the past decade we have worked to eliminate the remaining ban on “spring blade” knives with bipartisan support, getting very close on occasion, but not yet done. SB 5860 and HB 2366 continue our fight to repeal this irrational, antiquated and clearly unconstitutional ban.
Knife Rights had led the effort to repeal switchblade bans or restrictions in 19 states, starting with New Hampshire in 2010. Repeals have since been enacted in Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
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 44 bills passed repealing knife bans in 28 states and over 175 cities and towns since 2010.
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