NAACP Joins With Knife Rights in Support of New York Knife Law Reform

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-
The two knives in the lower left corner are actual gravity knives. The others have resulted in prosecutions for possession of a “gravity knife” in New York City.

Knife Rights has been aggressively working to reform the New York State law on pocket knives. The law was passed in the 1950’s as part of the trendy and hyped “switchblade” ban based on false information and emotional arguments.

Some organizations associated with “progressive” groups that are hostile to the Second Amendment have joined in support of this reform. Their concern with the law seems to be because black and Hispanics are the disproportionate targets, rather than from Constitutional concerns.

Knife Rights filed a federal lawsuit in 2013. The suit is working its way through the courts. The lawsuit claims the law is vague, because people in New York City cannot tell whether a knife is a “gravity knife” or not until a policeman tells them. The Village Voice believes that about 60,000 people have been arrested under the weird interpretation of the law by New York City prosecutors.

It may be months before a court decision is reached, …Read the Rest

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