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AKTI's Role:

As a nonprofit association, AKTI’s role is to be the reasonable and responsible advocate for the knife-making and knife-using community, providing the focal point for sensible evolution, development, and the consistent enforcement of knife legislation.

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Encouraging Sensible Knife Legislation

and Responsible Law Enforcement

Group from AKTI meets on the steps of the U.S. Capitol during a trip to Washington, D.C., to lobby for knife rights.On the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Front row (l-r): Goldie Russell (A.G. Russell Knives), Jan Billeb – AKTI Executive Director, Nicole Bivens Collinson, AKTI D.C. representative (Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.), David D. Kowalski – AKTI Communications Coordinator. Back row (l-r): John Belniak (SOG Knives), Doug Ritter (Knife Rights), Jason Kunkler (KnifeCenter.com), Peggy Bremer (CRKT), Rod Bremer (CRKT), Mike Manrose (Meyerco).AKTI monitors current and pending legislation in all 50 states and on the federal level for issues that need attention and we’ll let you know when you need to Act Now! and what you need to do to support sensible knife legislation. We need your help in contacting us about county or local issues. We have successfully changed knife laws to keep Americans from being considered criminals for carrying the knives they use in their everyday lives.

Recent Accomplishments

Read more about H.R. 2892 and the fight against U.S. Customs’ attempt to make define nearly all folding knives as switchblades and make de facto criminals of millions of knife owners.

Getting Started

  • Read through our Success Stories for more about our fight to keep knives in American lives.
  • Check out our news section for articles on AKTI’s latest efforts.
  • See sources on Contacting Legislators or Finding Knife Laws for more information.
  • We subscribe to a service that helps alert us to knife-related issues. AKTI members have access to the legislation and regulations files we are watching. For more information check out the AKTI Members Only section.