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American Knife & Tool Institute
If you’re a manufacturer or importer in the knife industry, AKTI saved
your business in Arkansas in February 2007.
AKTI introduced and passed a law repealing their weapons statute that made carrying a knife with a
3 ½-inch or longer blade a weapons offense. With a population of 2,673,400, AKTI saved
approximately one million knife-owning Arkansas residents and visitors from possible arrest and
prosecution.
Now AKTI is taking on the South Carolina weapons statute that is even
more restrictive than Arkansas.
AKTI has hired a lobbyist and is proposing the following changes …
SECTION 16 23 405. Definition of “weapon”; confiscation and disposition of weapons used in
commission or in furtherance of crime.
(1) Except for the provisions relating to rifles and shotguns in Section 16 23 460, as used in this
chapter, ‘weapon’ means firearm (rifle, shotgun, pistol, or similar device that propels a projectile
through the energy of an explosive), a knife with a blade over two inches long (to delete), a blackjack,
a metal pipe or pole, or any other type of device or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or
death.
SECTION 16 23 460. Carrying concealed weapons; forfeiture of weapons.
Any person carrying a deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury concealed
about his person is guilty of a misdemeanor, must forfeit to the county, or, if convicted in a municipal
court, to the municipality the concealed weapon, and must be fined not less than two hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than
ninety days. Nothing herein contained may be construed to apply to (1) persons carrying concealed
weapons upon their own premises or pursuant to and in compliance with Article 4 of Chapter 31 of
Title 23, or (2) peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties. The provisions of this section do
not apply to rifles, shotguns, dirks, slingshots, metal knuckles, knives [added] or razors unless they
are used with the intent to commit a crime or in furtherance of a crime.
Note: If AKTI is successful in South Carolina (pop. 4,321,249), we will be saving some two million
potential instate knife owners and annual recreational visitors who might be carrying knives.
AKTI has been saving your customers and your business for the past
10 years.
Join AKTI today! We need your membership dues to hire lobbyists and change these laws!
Premier Member - $2,000 Annually
Advisory Member - $5,000 Annually (includes seat on Executive Committee)
Board of Regent Member - $10,000 Annually (voting member on key strategy issues)
Contact … David Kowalski, AKTI Communication Coordinator (715) 209-7389
If you are a current member, please consider increasing your dues contribution. At our 10th
anniversary meeting at the 2008 S.H.O.T. Show, the AKTI Executive Committee will make decisions
on proposed law changes in more states … that takes lobbyists and
dollars!!! (1/10/2008)
your business in Arkansas in February 2007.
AKTI introduced and passed a law repealing their weapons statute that made carrying a knife with a
3 ½-inch or longer blade a weapons offense. With a population of 2,673,400, AKTI saved
approximately one million knife-owning Arkansas residents and visitors from possible arrest and
prosecution.
Now AKTI is taking on the South Carolina weapons statute that is even
more restrictive than Arkansas.
AKTI has hired a lobbyist and is proposing the following changes …
SECTION 16 23 405. Definition of “weapon”; confiscation and disposition of weapons used in
commission or in furtherance of crime.
(1) Except for the provisions relating to rifles and shotguns in Section 16 23 460, as used in this
chapter, ‘weapon’ means firearm (rifle, shotgun, pistol, or similar device that propels a projectile
through the energy of an explosive), a knife with a blade over two inches long (to delete), a blackjack,
a metal pipe or pole, or any other type of device or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or
death.
SECTION 16 23 460. Carrying concealed weapons; forfeiture of weapons.
Any person carrying a deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury concealed
about his person is guilty of a misdemeanor, must forfeit to the county, or, if convicted in a municipal
court, to the municipality the concealed weapon, and must be fined not less than two hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than
ninety days. Nothing herein contained may be construed to apply to (1) persons carrying concealed
weapons upon their own premises or pursuant to and in compliance with Article 4 of Chapter 31 of
Title 23, or (2) peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties. The provisions of this section do
not apply to rifles, shotguns, dirks, slingshots, metal knuckles, knives [added] or razors unless they
are used with the intent to commit a crime or in furtherance of a crime.
Note: If AKTI is successful in South Carolina (pop. 4,321,249), we will be saving some two million
potential instate knife owners and annual recreational visitors who might be carrying knives.
AKTI has been saving your customers and your business for the past
10 years.
Join AKTI today! We need your membership dues to hire lobbyists and change these laws!
Premier Member - $2,000 Annually
Advisory Member - $5,000 Annually (includes seat on Executive Committee)
Board of Regent Member - $10,000 Annually (voting member on key strategy issues)
Contact … David Kowalski, AKTI Communication Coordinator (715) 209-7389
If you are a current member, please consider increasing your dues contribution. At our 10th
anniversary meeting at the 2008 S.H.O.T. Show, the AKTI Executive Committee will make decisions
on proposed law changes in more states … that takes lobbyists and
dollars!!! (1/10/2008)
South Carolina - January 2008 - S968 Introduced