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Bi-Partisan Amendment to Save Pocket Knives

author Posted by:Sebastian on date Jul 8th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Civil Liberties

Knife Rights is reporting that an amendment has been introduced to stop the Customs enforcement of new regulations that would reclassify many types of common pocket knives as switchblades:

We now have a a bi-partisan amendment that has the critical support from the Senate committees which have responsibility for the FSA and which is endorsed by the Administration (Customs and Border Production have signed off on it). That gives it a very good chance of making it through the process, but first we have to get it voted into the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.

They are asking people to write their senators and ask them to support it.  The amendment basically adds a specific exception to the Federal Switchblade Act for assisted opening folding knives.

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tag4 Responses to “Bi-Partisan Amendment to Save Pocket Knives”

  1. Nomen Nescio Said,
    July 9th, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Customs and Border Production have signed off on it)

    so how many miles of border are we producing per year these days? ;-)

  2. mb Said,
    July 9th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    I can’t understand why they just don’t do away with the federal switchblade law.

  3. Sebastian Said,
    July 9th, 2009 at 10:51 am

    Probably not enough votes to do it.

  4. Jennifer Said,
    July 10th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    At least it’s progress