This week Knife Rights Director of Legislative Affairs, Todd Rathner, spent a good deal of time in airports, airliners and hotels traveling to two committee hearings and sessions in Washington and then Arkansas just days apart. Our record of 50 bills enacted in 31 states is testament to the effectiveness of showing up at the state houses and doing the work on the ground, despite the high cost of travel. Your continued support is what allows us to get this done.

Thank you to all who used our Legislative Action Center to contact the committee members to support these bills. Knife Rights will notify you if you need to contact your legislators again to move these bills forward.

On Wednesday in Arkansas, Todd testified before the House City, County & Local Affairs Committee in support of HB1418, a bill that would enact Knife Rights’ signature Knife Law Preemption. The bill adds “Knives” and “Knife-making components” to the state’s existing Firearms Law Preemption statute. The bill was voted out of the committee with a “do pass” recommendation by a voice vote with no objection. Thursday it was passed by the House by a vote of 89 to 5.  It now moves to the Senate.

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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 50 bills enacted repealing knife bans in 31 states and over 200 cities and towns since 2010.