Legislative Update

Doug Ritter, Chairman of Knife Rights, presented Sharper Futureâ„¢ Awards to three recipients at the inaugural Sharper Futureâ„¢ Awards Breakfast at BLADE Show in Atlanta, Georgia. New Hampshire State Representative Jenn Coffey was the recipient of the inaugural Freedom's Edgeâ„¢ award given to honor a local, state or national elected representative who has demonstrated their commitment to a Sharper Futureâ„¢ by leadership in the fight to protect or enhance our knife rights. Evan Nappen was the recipient of the inaugural Freedom's Pointâ„¢ award to honor an individual citizen who has demonstrated their commitment to a Sharper Futureâ„¢ by leadership in the fight to protect or enhance our knife rights. Sarah Buduson, a reporter for KPHO (CBS affiliate) in Phoenix, Arizona, was the recipient of the inaugural Freedom's Voiceâ„¢ award given to honor a journalist or journalistic team in general media that has demonstrated a commitment to fair, accurate and insightful coverage on an issue involving knife ownership.... Read More

June 5, 2010: Knife Rights chairman Doug Ritter today announced the appointment of Todd Rathner as Director of Legislative Affairs at Knife Rights’ Sharper Future™ Awards Breakfast at the BLADE Show in Atlanta. Ritter said, "It is indicative of our priorities to protect and expand knife owners' rights that our first paid position is one to coordinate our aggressive legislative agenda. Todd proved his effectiveness this year in the successful passage of the Arizona Knife Preemption Law in Arizona, which launched our National Knife Law Preemption Campaign."... Read More

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(Final text of the law with the Governor’s requested amendments incorporated) Section 1. Title 13, chapter 31, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3120, to read: 13-3120. Knives regulated by state; state preemption; definitions A. Except as provided in subsections C and D, a political subdivision of this state shall not enact any ordinance, rule or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, … Continued... Read More

Winners Have Been Notified and prizes shipped (except firearms waiting arrival of documentation). Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who bought tickets for your support! Click here for winners and prizes.... Read More

Prepared Testimony by Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter before the Arizona House Committee on Government, March 16, 2010 Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Doug Ritter and I am Chairman of Knife Rights and a resident of Gilbert, Arizona. Knife Rights is an Arizona based, national 501(c)(4) GRASSROOTS member organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the rights of Knife Owners. We started Knife Rights in 2006 after a highly inaccurate article appeared in the Wall Street Journal railing against so-called Tactical Knives and I had an epiphany. … Continued... Read More

New Hampshire Knife Rights Raffle WINNERS • 1st Prize Winner: Rocky Bostrom • 2nd Prize Winner: Robert Letourneau • 3rd PrizeWinner: Jeff Creem • 4th Prize Winner: Michael James Fitzgerald • 5th Prize Winner: Gilles Montruing • 6th Prize Winner: Robert Gebo Winners have been notified. Thank you to everyone, both our generous prize donors and those who purchased tickets, … Continued... Read More

Time for the Final Push to stop Customs Pocket Knife Grab. We need you to write NOW! BUT, not all of you… We have a targeted list of leaders of the House committees that will be involved in the Conference Committee that will decide if Amendment 1447 is included in the final bill. We need you to write ONLY if you are from their state, OR if you travel to their states for work or recreation (hunting, … Continued... Read More

It’s a sad day for Scouts in Britain as all knives are officially banned in virtually all circumstances, “neither Scouts nor their parents should bring penknives to camp except in ‘specific’ situations.” Here’s a very scarey quote from the article linked below: Last night a Scouts spokesman defended its policy, saying: ‘Scouting helps to prepare young people with valuable life skills, while keeping them safe by not carrying knives.’ … Continued... Read More

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We have received numerous requests to explain how Amendment 1447 would solve the problem with Customs & Border Protection’s proposed revocations and rulemakings along with their novel interpretation of what a switchblade is. We have laid out the reasoning below. This just covers these particular issues. The new exception may also offer additional salutatory benefits to knife owners that we will examine at a later point. There are two issues to be reviewed. … Continued... Read More

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NOTE: Progress is being made on this issue. For the very latest news please click here for more information. U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has proposed revoking earlier rulings that assisted opening knives are not switchblades. The proposed new rule would not only outlaw assisted opening knives, its broad definition of a switchblade would also include all one-handed opening knives and could be easily interpreted to cover most other pocket knives, … Continued... Read More

The American Knife and Tool Instsitute (AKTI), the knife industry’s advocacy group, has compiled the statistics below. U.S. Sporting Knife Industry – $5.9 Billion Economic Impact on U.S. Economy 3,881 direct U.S. Employees at 61 Companies 19,405 Ancillary Support Jobs in other industries $986.87 Million Gross Revenues (2007) at manufacturer/importer level $5.921 Billion Total Economic Impact on U.S. Economy Source: 2007 Report – The AKTI State of the Sporting Knife Industry Anglers and Hunters Spend Nearly $65 Billion Annually 30 Million people fished in 2006 (16 and older) Anglers spent $42 Billion 12.5 Million people hunted in 2006 Hunters spent $22.9 Billion Source: U.S. … Continued... Read More

NOTE: Progress is being made on this issue. For the very latest news please click here for more information. The letter has been deleted as it is no longer necessary. Below is a Model Letter to U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP). VERY IMPORTANT: You’ll note there is no email listed. CBP has made it perfectly clear they are NOT ACCEPTING EMAIL COMMENTS. Clearly they are trying to discourage comments by making this more difficult than it needs to be. … Continued... Read More

NOTE: Progress is being made on this issue. For the very latest news please click here for more information. The letter has been deleted as it is no longer necessary. Below is a Model Letter to Members of Congress. VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE review Knife Rights’ Communicating with Congress page for important suggestions on maximizing the impact of your letter. Please follow carefully the Do’s and Don’ts on that page. … Continued... Read More

First of all, your Representatives and Senators do want to hear from you. The majority of their D.C. staff’s time is spent reviewing and answering constituent mail. How much of an impact your communication has can be significantly impacted by how and what you write. Our aim here is to provide guidelines to maximize your impact. It does take a little extra effort to do it right, but since so much is at stake, we hope you will agree it is worth the effort. … Continued... Read More

By Evan F. Nappen, Attorney at Law A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight of evidence; for the battle-ax, the force of logic; for the sharp spear, the blazing gleam of truth; for the rapier, the quick and flashing knife of wit.            --Lloyd Paul Stryker You have NO need to read this article because it could never happen to you. Right? This article must have been written for knife-wielding thugs or street-gang members. Right? Why would law enforcement authorities ever come after you? Right? WRONG! Merely because you possess or carry a knife, anti-knife law enforcers may try to justify their existence by turning you into an accused "law abiding" criminal. Even though you are a careful, honest knife owner, with no intent to do anything wrong and would never knowingly break the law, this can easily happen to you. I have plenty of criminal case files chock full of examples of innocent, unsuspecting, law abiding folks having to fight their way though the justice system to "prove their innocence." New York City WARNING! Never carry your knife clipped to your pocket in New York City. Even when covered by a jacket, simply moving the jacket aside to get to a wallet has been enough to get folks arrested. NYC administrative code requires that a knife be completely concealed at all times. If you are arrested for possession of an "illegal knife" in New York, please contact Knife Rights at: nycity@KnifeRights.org... Read More

On Friday, March 9th, 2007, in the case of Parker v. Washington, D.C., a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. This has been seen as a major victory for Second Amendments supporters. While the case involved handguns, knives also are "arms" and the decision is equally of interest to knife owners. We asked attorney David Wong, author of Knife Laws of the Fifty States: A Guide for the Law-Abiding Traveler, to review this decision and put it into perspective for knife owners:... Read More

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Knife Rights offers range of Memberships in several categories. There’s one that will suit you perfectly. Every penny you provide in membership dues is an investment that helps ensure A Sharper Future! Please note that memberships are limited to U.S. residents.   Annual Individual Membership $32/year. Includes a membership card and window decal Annual Benefactor Individual Membership $54/year. Includes membership card, window decal and Knife Rights premium quality cap. … Continued... Read More

Here are the mission statements of Knife Rights, the 501(c)(4) membership advocacy organization, and the 501(c)(3) Knife Rights Foundation: Knife Rights is dedicated to: Providing knife and edged tool owners an effective voice to influence public policy and to oppose efforts to restrict the right to own, use and carry knives and edged tools; Encouraging safe, responsible and lawful use of knives and edged tools through education and outreach, … Continued... Read More

Thank you for visiting Knife Rights' SHOT Show Media Page.  Below please find links to copies of all our SHOT Show 2007 Press Releases and images. Documents are in Word format.  If you have any questions, contact: Doug Ritter602-476-2702 Email: dritter@kniferights.org    ZIP file of all SHOT Show Press Releases and Images – 4.4 MB Knife Rights Promises a Sharper Future Knife Rights Promises a Sharper Future NRA President Lends Support to Knife Rights Companies and Individuals Support Knife Rights Launch  Knife Rights Charter Members Can Win Custom Knives  Rick_Hinderer_XM-18.JPG  Darrel_Ralph_Venturi_VIII_ Balisong_Open.jpg  Darrel_Ralph_Venturi_VIII_ Balisong_Wing.jpg  Darrel_Ralph_Venturi_VIII_ Balisong_Closed.jpg  Trace Rinaldi_Tactical_Utility_Knife.jpg  Ken_Steigerwalt_Folder.jpg  Knife Rights New Name for Former USKTA  Knife Rights Adopts Compelling Slogans … Continued... Read More