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Specious in Seattle

March 21, 2023

definition of specious

The Constitutional threshold is the common use for lawful purposes. Any other interpretation would incentivize, if not require, the carry of knives to be restricted to types with highly evolved weapon characteristics.

AKTI’s Clean Bill Approach Keeps Proving Successful

March 11, 2023

Whatever the issue or the legislative body debating it, getting a proposed bill to become law is incredibly byzantine and laborious. There are concessions and edits throughout the process, and even the most straightforward and simple proposal undergoes hours and hours of review and debate. This is by design. The framers intentionally created our system […]

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 […]

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