Knife Rights' Minnesota Switchblade Ban Repeal Filed

Knife Rights' bill to remove the ban on switchblade (automatic) knives in Minnesota, HF2567, has been introduced by Representative Joe Hoppe. The bill would remove "a switch blade knife opening automatically" from Minnesota statute 609.66(1).

Knife Rights will keep you posted on the bill's progress and let you know when it is time to take action.

Knife Rights is rewriting knife law in America™. Knife Rights has repealed switchblade bans in Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

Knife Rights' Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2017, H.R. 84, including repeal of the Federal Switchblade Act, has been introduced in Congress. It would repeal all restrictions on interstate commerce in switchblade (automatic) knives. We could use your help in getting co-sponsors for KOPA. Click here to read more about KOPA and use our new Legislative Action Center to easily email or call your Representative in Congress.

Virginia Switchblade Ban Repeal Veto Override Fails


An effort yesterday to override Virginia Governor McAuliffe's veto of House Bill 1432 failed. That bill would have repealed Virginia's switchblade ban including, for the most part, allowing concealed carry.

This was the unfortunately predictable outcome based on our assessment of the politics in the Virginia legislature. Even if the override had somehow succeeded in passing the House, despite the odds against it, the effort would certainly have failed in the Senate.

Knife Rights supported this bill even though we had concerns with the language. Unfortunately, despite everyone's best efforts it failed. Knife Rights remains committed to repealing Virginia's switchblade ban. We look forward to working with all stakeholders during the 2018 session of the Virginia General Assembly to repeal this onerous and outdated knife ban.

Knife Rights is rewriting knife law in America™. Knife Rights passed the nation's first repeal of a switchblade (automatic) knife ban in 2010 in New Hampshire and has since passed repeal of switchblade bans (and repealed other knife restrictions) in Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.
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Knife Rights, Inc.
Knife Rights Foundation, Inc.
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Email:dritter@KnifeRights.org