Why are automatic knives still banned in an age of ultra-fast flippers and thumb studs?
Knife expert and attorney Anthony Sculimbrene breaks down the outdated history behind switchblade laws and explains why modern knife design makes these bans obsolete.
Logic (and AKTI) agree that it’s time for the law to change.
Read more about it in Sculimbrene’s column “Knife Design and Law” that first appeared in the August 2026 issue of Knife Magazine.