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Knife legislation is defined as the body of statutory law or case law promulgated or enacted by a government or other governing jurisdiction that prohibits, criminalizes, or restricts the otherwise legal manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, possession, transport, or use of knives.
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 ...
States of Jersey Police says 6% of knife crime since 2020 has taken place in schools.
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
The law that set up Illinois' concealed carry system in 2013 also established state preemption for certain areas of gun law, including restrictions on assault weapons. Laws passed before July 20, 2013, are grandfathered in, and a number of local governments in the Chicago area have laws that either prohibit or regulate the possession of ...
Dozens of new laws passed by the 2024 General Assembly take effect today in Kentucky. Among some of the most high-profile items are measures on crime, education and health care, but the 60-day ...
The so-called Bruen decision upended gun laws nationwide, but especially in Hawaii, which long had some of the country's toughest restrictions — and some of the lowest rates of gun violence. A subsequent federal appeals court ruling applied Bruen to the state’s ban on butterfly knives and found it unconstitutional.
The House then voted to override the veto on March 4, 2016, and the Senate voted to override on March 5, 2016. The law took effect on May 24, 2016, making West Virginia the 9th state to implement constitutional carry. The law allows law-abiding citizens and legal residents 21+ to carry concealed without a license.