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Knife Rights To Appeal Outrageous Ruling in NYC Federal Civil Rights Case

Knife Rights has a filed a Notice of Appeal in its federal civil rights lawsuit against New York City, following a judge's refusal to allow supposed "defects" in the case documents to be corrected. The judge previously used those "defects" to try to throw out the case.

U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest previously held that the plaintiffs don't have standing to sue, because the complaint didn't identify specific knives that would be illegal under New York City's misinterpretation of state law. Ironically, the whole point of the case is that it's nearly impossible to figure out what is legal or illegal under New York City's haphazard and inconsistent approach - even the DA has admitted that different specimens of the exact same make and model knife could be simultaneously found to be both legal and illegal!

Following the Judge's decision, Knife Rights sought permission to amend its complaint to address the supposed defects in it--a basic courtesy that is supposed to be freely given. Instead, the judge found that allowing Knife Rights to fix the defects she herself had identified would somehow prejudice NYC, ignoring that ending the case is the ultimate prejudice to those being wrongly arrested under the city's misinterpretation of state law!

So, Judge Forrest has identified supposed defects in the case, while simultaneously denying Knife Rights the chance to fix those defects. That outrageous decision cannot stand. Knife Rights has filed notice that it intends to appeal the ruling, and briefs in the case will be filed with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals within several months.

Knife Rights will never stop fighting for your rights, and neither should you. Please help us win this critical battle by contributing to the Knife Rights Foundation today as generously as .... We've led the fight to defend knife rights in the legislative arena and we are pioneering it in the courts. Please help us defend freedom!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on December 25, 2013 at 18:11

Doug,

Thank you, Knife Rights works tirelessly for US, the collectors, Users and US Citizens. Folks if you have some spare change hanging sorund, this is where to put it. The people that keep coming back and fighting!

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Doug Ritter on December 25, 2013 at 18:35

Thanks, Jan. Merry Christmas!

Jan Carter said:

Doug,

Thank you, Knife Rights works tirelessly for US, the collectors, Users and US Citizens. Folks if you have some spare change hanging sorund, this is where to put it. The people that keep coming back and fighting!

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Carl Rechsteiner on December 26, 2013 at 6:04

Thanks for keeping us posted on the issues.

If you are going to be at the Blade Show in Atlanta this summer, hunt me up. I should have another knife to donate to the cause by then.

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Doug Ritter on December 26, 2013 at 9:03

Thanks, Carl! I sincerely appreciate your generous support!

Carl Rechsteiner said:

Thanks for keeping us posted on the issues.

If you are going to be at the Blade Show in Atlanta this summer, hunt me up. I should have another knife to donate to the cause by then.