In Knife Rights’ Second Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Switchblade Act we hoped that the Trump administration, through Attorney General Pam Bondi, would come through on the President’s executive order “Protecting Second Amendment Rights” and AG Bondi’s recent statement that, “the prior administration placed an undue burden on…law-abiding citizens exercising their 2nd Amendment rights. The Department of Justice’s new 2nd Amendment Task Force will combine department-wide policy and litigation resources to advance President Trump’s pro-gun agenda and protect gun owners from overreach.”
Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter asked, “Did someone miss the memo that the text of the Second Amendment doesn’t say ‘guns?’ It says ‘arms!’ Knives are undeniably ‘arms’ protected by the Second.” Unfortunately, after Knife Rights agreed to two 30-day extensions to allow the AG and DOJ attorneys to consider the effect the change in administration would have on their final reply brief in this 2A case, the government continued to push forward with their defense of the unconstitutional Federal Switchblade Act, attempting to dismiss the case.
Below please find links to all the papers in this case. An article on the Court’s irrational Anti-2A Decision can be found here.
Complaint: https://kniferights.org/wp-
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgement: https://kniferights.org/wp-
…….Appendices: https://kniferights.org/wp-
DOJ’s Reply Brief and Motion to Dismiss: https://kniferights.org/wp-
Plaintiffs’ Response to the DOJ’s Motion to Dismiss and their Reply in Further Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment:. https://kniferights.org/wp-
DOJ’s Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss: https://kniferights.org/wp-
Court’s Decision: https://kniferights.org/wp-content/uploads/Knife-Rights-FSA2-Ditrict-Court-Decision-2025.pdf
A Brief History of Switchblade and the Federal Switchblade Act. Fake News: is nothing new: https://kniferights.org/Switchblade_History
Knife Rights is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 54 bills enacted repealing knife bans and protecting knife owners in 33 states and over 200 cities and towns since 2010.