North Carolina HB 439 has been filed by Knife Rights’ good friend Rep. Keith Kidwell. This bill would clarify the state’s previously vague statute so that a folding knife that is not a switchblade and is under 6″ in blade length may be carried concealed by anyone including those under age 18.
It would also allow adults who are not prohibited persons to carry concealed a “bowie [SIC] knife, a dirk, a dagger, a switchblade…” and “a bladed weapon of like kind.” Concealed carry of these knives would be banned in “a place where a concealed handgun is prohibited from being carried.”
This bill is a good step in the right direction for North Carolina. We will let you know as soon as it is appropriate to contact your North Carolina lawmakers to support HB 439.
Knife Rights is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization; leading the fight to Rewrite Knife Law in America™ and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans™. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 51 bills enacted repealing knife bans and protecting knife owners in 32 states and over 200 cities and towns since 2010.