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Gilbert, Arizona: Today, Knife Rights Foundation, America's foremost public benefit organization dedicated to knives, has officially launched the exciting new 2.0 version of its LegalBlade™ mobile application, the enhanced second generation of the world's first and only knife law app. Among other significant improvements, the new Knife Rights LegalBlade™ App 2.0 features a new, updated design to significantly improve the user experience, make it even easier to get important knife law information.
Knife Rights' LegalBlade™ app provides guidance in your pocket and at your fingertips to the knife laws of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and over 40 cities. Knowledge of the law is the first step in avoiding an unfortunate arrest, loss of your knife or other legal complications. The app is free courtesy of sponsor Blade HQ. Full details at: www.LegalBlade.org
Geolocation and a mapping interface have been added, allowing users to automatically find the knife laws in their location or by using the U.S. map or the original menu interface. Additional categories of knives have been added, as well as information on Federal and State ivory bans. The app now works in conventional vertical mode.
"Knife Rights continues to aggressively rewrite knife law in America with 32 bills repealing knife bans enacted since 2010, but knife owners in many jurisdictions still need to be careful about what knives they possess and carry," said Knife Rights Foundation Chairman Doug Ritter, who also leads the sister 501(c)(4) Knife Rights, Inc. advocacy organization. "Our LegalBlade App was an extraordinary innovation when first introduced in 2014 and this completely new interface makes it easy for people to access the knife laws wherever they might be or travel. We, and knife owners everywhere, thank Blade HQ for their generosity and sponsorship that empowered us to develop LegalBlade™ App 2.0 and allow us to offer the app to everyone, free of charge."
Mark Christensen, CEO of LegalBlade™ App 2.0 sponsor Blade HQ, said, "Blade HQ was thrilled to work with Knife Rights Foundation on the development and sponsorship of this app. We regularly get calls from customers in certain areas of the country, with questions about what knives they can own and what knives they can carry in their pocket. Customers travelling across state lines have similar questions. Helping with the sponsorship and development of this app was an easy way for us to get this information out to knife owners across the country."
LegalBlade™ is an educational service of the 501(c)(3) Knife Rights Foundation. The LegalBlade™ Knife Law App 2.0 is generously sponsored by Blade HQ. Assistance in research, review of laws, and updated links to case law were generously contributed by Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, and Evan Nappen, Esq.
New users can download and install LegalBlade™ App 2.0 for free at:
Upgrading to the LegalBlade™ App 2.0
Features of LegalBlade™ App 2.0
Images can be downloaded at: https://kniferights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/legalblade_2.0_images.zip
A word document of this Media Release can be downloaded at: https://kniferights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/EMBARGOED-Knife-Rights-LegalBlade-App-2.0-Launched-FINAL.docx
About Knife Rights Foundation
The 501(c)(3) Knife Rights Foundation is America's foremost public benefit organization dedicated to knives. The Foundation is primary efforts are focused on defense of knife owners' civil rights through litigation. The Foundation also works to educate knife owners, public officials and the general public about knife and edged tool related laws and regulations.
About Blade HQ
Blade HQ (www.bladehq.com) loves sharing our passion with the knife community. We are based in Utah and have been the headquarters for the knife world since 2003. We specialize in anything sharp and pointy and care about our fellow knife enthusiasts.
About Firearms Policy Coalition
Firearms Policy Coalition (www.firearmspolicy.org) is a grassroots, 501(c)4 nonprofit advocacy organization that includes FPC Law, FPC Policy, FPC Research, FPC Grassroots, and other programs. FPC's mission is to protect and defend constitutional rights-especially the right to keep and bear arms-advance individual liberty, and restore freedom.
About Firearms Policy Foundation
Firearms Policy Foundation (www.firearmsfoundation.org) is a grassroots, 501(c)3 nonprofit public benefit organization. FPF's mission is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the People's rights, privileges, and immunities deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition.
About Evan Nappen, Esq.
Attorney Evan Nappen (www.evannappen.com) is one of the most respected legal authorities in the nation on the topic of knife law with offices in New Jersey and New Hampshire. He has focused his law practice on gun, knife and weapons law. He has authored an extensive list of books and magazine articles on Second Amendment law and knife law and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, NPR, and many other news outlets. Nappen authored Knife Laws of the U.S.: Loopholes, Pitfalls & Secrets, published in 2015.
For more information contact: Doug Ritter at: dritter@KnifeRights.org