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SOG Sponsors “Carry With Confidence” Knife Giveaway

March 6, 2023

SOG is hosting a “Carry With Confidence” knife giveaway valued at over $500. Enter between March 6th – 20th for a chance to win this three knife package.

Uncertainty in New Jersey

February 25, 2023

“The phrases ‘without any explainable lawful purpose and ‘under circumstances not manifestly appropriate’ which appear in New Jersey knife law sections are undeniably vague and indefinite…The ability to steer between lawful and unlawful conduct – choosing a ‘legal’ knife – requires the laws must be precise. Read about the confusion over knife laws in New […]

Constitutional Challenge to Hawaii’s “Switchblade” Prohibition

February 20, 2023

A lawsuit was recently filed in the State of Hawaii challenging the constitutionality of Hawaii’s prohibition on “switchblade” or automatic knives.  § 134-52 prohibits the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, or transport in the state of any switchblade knife.  The Hawaii definition is based on the 1958 Federal Switchblade Act and was enacted in 1959, the same year that Hawaii […]

Winner! Winner!

February 7, 2023

Thank you to AOB for the Allegiance Fixed Blade Performance Center by Smith & Wesson to share with an individual AKTI member.

The Tool That Would Not Be Killed

January 25, 2023

In “The Tool That Would Not Be Killed,” you’ll find the entertaining history of Pennsylvania knife laws and the “switchblade” hysteria that created this prohibition.  Thankfully, Pennsylvania this month joined the majority of states that have reversed their laws.  Check out this “Know Your Knife Laws “article by attorney and knife expert Dan Lawson that […]

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