Knife Rights supported Ohio SB 58, which enhances the protections provided by the state's preemption statute, was signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine last Wednesday. The revised statute, while primarily enhancing firearms law preemption, also included knives at Knife Rights' request. It prohibits jurisdictions from requiring a fee for the possession of a knife.

Knife Rights' Director of Legislative Affairs,Todd Rathner, has been working with primary bill sponsors Senator Terry Johnson and Theresa Gavarone since 2023 to assure this bill protected you and your knives. They have Knife Rights deepest gratitude for continuing to keep knives at the forefront of Ohio’s Second Amendment policies. The new law will become effective 90 days from transmission to the Secretary of State, approximately mid-April.

Knife Rights would also like to thank our good friends at Buckeye Firearms Association for their efforts to get this bill passed and signed.

After years of work, Knife Rights' Ohio Knife Law Reform bill repealing the ban on sale and manufacture of switchblades and legalizing concealed knife carry passed late in 2000 and was signed in January, 2001. In 2022 our signature Knife Law Preemption bill repealed dozens of local knife restrictions and prevented any future local restrictions.Together these bills repealed all knife restrictions that once existed in Ohio, making it a Knife Freedom state.

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.