Is Knife Rights Progress a Good Sign for Guns in New York?

By Dan Zimmerman

Our sister sight, The Truth About Knives, has chronicled the ludicrously restrictive knife laws that resulted in 60,000 prosecutions in New York City over the last year for carrying simple pocket folders. But a New York Senate bill that would eliminate prosecutions for carrying most knives — legal in the other 49 states — that have a ‘bias toward closure,’ a common safety measure that keeps blades from opening in pockets, may be heading towards a vote. Knife Rights, which has been pushing the reform, is sounding the call for those who support the bill — and why wouldn’t you? — to contact the chairman of the Senate rules committee to move the bill forward . . .

March 21, 2016: The next hurdle to getting Knife Rights’ New York Knife Law Reform bill (S6483A) passed to end the widespread persecution of those carrying pocket knives in New York City is to get the Senate Rules Committee to pass the bill so it can be voted on by the full Senate.

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Source:: Truth About Guns