About the bill
Gun rights are having a huge boost recently, with Republican control of Congress and most states. What about knife rights?
Context
At least 21 states this decade have repealed or weakened laws regarding knives. And it’s not just Republican states — it includes purple or even blue states such as Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Washington.
But the biggest restriction is the 1958 Federal Switchblade Act, a prohibition on interstate travel with automatic knives such as switchblades. There are 44 states with some such travel restriction — even though many or most of those states allow such knife possession within the state itself.
What the legislation does
The Knife Owners’ Protection Act [H.R. 84 + S. 3264] would allow interstate travel with automatic knives like switchblades.
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Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced on July 25, 2018, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Position statements
History
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Jul 25, 2018
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Introduced
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S. 3264 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 3264. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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