Obama pushes for Knife Control
By
Wing Chun Geologist
on June 27, 2009 at 05:20 am
Obama is pushing to have folding blade knives catagorized as switchblade if you can open it with one hand.
It’s time to hide your pocket knife. Coming soon I'm sure: "Obama pushes to ban private ownership of sticks." Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/27/switchblade-law-opponents-get-cut-in-hill-fight/?feat=home_headlines
Critics of the regulation - including U.S. knife manufacturers and collectors, the National Rifle Association, sportsmen’s groups and a bipartisan group of at least 79 House members - say it would rewrite U.S. law defining what constitutes a switchblade and potentially make de facto criminals of the estimated 35 million Americans who use folding knives.
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The new knife rules proposed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would affect the interpretation of the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 to include any spring-assisted or one-handed-opening knife.
The law defines a “switchblade” as any knife having a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle, or by operation of inertia or gravity.
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Critics of the rule say that broadening the definition of switchblades in federal law would instantly make previously permitted knives illegal in states that have adopted the ban. Hunters and hikers who cross state lines with their knives may find themselves guilty of a federal felony, they warn.
The bipartisan Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, boasting one of the largest memberships on Capitol Hill, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who oversees CBP, urging her to quash the proposed rule change. The letter was signed by 61 Republican and 18 Democratic lawmakers
It’s time to hide your pocket knife. Coming soon I'm sure: "Obama pushes to ban private ownership of sticks." Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/27/switchblade-law-opponents-get-cut-in-hill-fight/?feat=home_headlines
