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 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 further to move these bills forward.

On Monday in Washington, Todd testified before the Senate Committee on Law & Justice in support of SB 5534, the the bipartisan “Spring Blade” Ban Repeal bill. On Wednesday during executive session the committee voted the bill out with a “do pass” recommendation by a bipartisan vote. The bill now moves towards a floor vote.

SB 5534 would repeal the ban on sales and civilian possession of “spring blade” (automatic) knives, as well as specifically exclude them from the definition of “dangerous weapon.”

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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.