AKTI honored Senators Enzi and Wyden for their tireless work on the Knife Owners’ Protection Act (KOPA), a bill that will ensure federal protection for lawful knife owners from the current patchwork of state and local knife laws.
AKTI News
This is where you’ll find the latest AKTI News and the latest news in the knife industry. AKTI News includes information about the legislation and regulations we are either proactively introducing to remove knife restrictions or clarify laws or are monitoring to watch for issues that need action. You’ll also find out about the many other educational and other efforts of our organization to promote knives as fundamental, valuable tools.
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New York Bill Will Ease Gravity Knife Arrests and Issues
AKTI continues to support New York legislation to make sure knife owners are not arrested for possession of a “gravity” knife that is ill-defined and has nothing to do with illegal intent to use the knife.
Maine Bill “Restores Access to Certain Knives”
Maine bill by Rep. Stetkis will allow anyone who lives, works or travels to Maine to use a valuable automatic knife – will be effective October 15, 2015
2015 Nevada Pro-Knife Bill
Effective July 1, 2015 Nevada will remove prohibitions on dirks, daggers, switchblades (longer than 2 inches) and belt buckle knives. It would NOT repeal the prohibitions on machetes. Nevada did NOT enact statewide uniformity.
2015 Texas Knife Preemption Bill
Effective September 1, 2015 Texas municipalities and counties may not enact knife laws.
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