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  2. Knife legislation - Wikipedia

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    Under the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 (amended 1986, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§1241–1245), switchblades and ballistic knives are banned from interstate shipment, sale, or importation, or possession within the following: any territory or possession of the United States, i.e., land belonging to the U.S. federal government; Indian lands (as ...

  3. Massachusetts Switchblade Ban Overturned on Second ... - AOL

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    AKTI, which favors abolishing knife restrictions across the country, maintains a guide to which states do and don't restrict automatic knives, as well as a broader directory of state knife laws ...

  4. Switchblade - Wikipedia

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    A folding switchblade. A switchblade (also known as switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, gravity knife, flick blade, or spring knife) is a pocketknife with a sliding or pivoting blade contained in the handle which is extended automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated.

  5. Assisted-opening knife - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the Offensive Weapons Act prohibiting automatic flick knives was amended to prohibit: “(a)any knife which has a blade which opens automatically—(i)from the closed position to the fully opened position, or (ii)from a partially opened position to the fully opened position, by manual pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the knife, and which is ...

  6. Federal Assault Weapons Ban - Wikipedia

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    The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as ...

  7. NJ man caught with massive cache of illegal guns, knives and ...

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    A New Jersey man’s shameless posts on Facebook led police to uncover a massive cache of illegal guns, knives, and explosives stashed inside the suspect’s home on a quiet suburban block this week.

  8. A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun ...

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    The devices that can convert legal semi-automatic weapons can be made on a 3D printer in about 35 minutes or ordered from overseas online for less than $30. They’re also quick to install. Once ...

  9. Ballistic knife - Wikipedia

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    Similar to conventional automatic knives, federal law makes ballistic knives with a spring-operated blade [9] illegal to possess, manufacture, sell, or import "in or affecting interstate commerce." [ 10 ] This means they are illegal to import from outside the United States, as well as buy or sell over state lines, including possessing or making ...