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GA & AL Constitutional Carry Bill Would Repeal Knife Bans. Knife Rights supports Constitutional Carry and particularly bills such as these that rid the state of knife bans that we have long tried to repeal.
Knife Rights supported Georgia HB 903 has been introduced to enact Constitutional Carry. HB 903 would eliminate the existing 12-inch limit on carry of knives without a CCW. Gov. Kemp said he will sign a Constitutional Carry bill.
We are pleased to be working with our friends at GeorgiaCarry.org to get this bill passed. We will let you know when it is time to contact your legislators to move HB 903 forward.
In 2012 Knife Rights passed Knife Law Preemption in GA, voiding local ordinances more restrictive than state law. In 2017 we increased the legal carry length for a knife from 5" to 12".
AL Rep. Shane Stringer and 36 of his colleagues have introduced HB 272 to enact Constitutional Carry. We are pleased that HB 272 includes repeal of Alabama's ban on concealed carry of a "bowie [sic] knife, or other knife or instrument of the like kind or description"
The vague clause, "of the like kind or description," has been broadly defined by Alabama courts to include, for example, a 6-inch kitchen knife. As such, concealed carry of any similar sized fixed blade could be held to be illegal. Vague laws such as this only serve to entrap innocent knife carriers with no intent to break the law.
AL Senate Judiciary earlier this week voted out its own version of a Constitutional Carry bill, SB 1. This bill does not include removal of the Bowie knife ban.
Knife Rights will continue to work with HB 272 sponsors to help pass this bill or to add similar language to SB 1. We will let you know when it is time to contact your legislators to support HB 272 or SB 1.
Knife Rights is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization; leading the fight to Rewrite Knife Law in America™ and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans™. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 34 bills enacted repealing knife bans in 23 states and over 150 cities and towns since 2010.
GA & AL Constitutional Carry Bill Would Repeal Knife Bans. Knife Rights supports Constitutional Carry and particularly bills such as these that rid the state of knife bans that we have long tried to repeal.
Knife Rights supported Georgia HB 903 has been introduced to enact Constitutional Carry. HB 903 would eliminate the existing 12-inch limit on carry of knives without a CCW. Gov. Kemp said he will sign a Constitutional Carry bill.
We are pleased to be working with our friends at GeorgiaCarry.org to get this bill passed. We will let you know when it is time to contact your legislators to move HB 903 forward.
In 2012 Knife Rights passed Knife Law Preemption in GA, voiding local ordinances more restrictive than state law. In 2017 we increased the legal carry length for a knife from 5" to 12".
AL Rep. Shane Stringer and 36 of his colleagues have introduced HB 272 to enact Constitutional Carry. We are pleased that HB 272 includes repeal of Alabama's ban on concealed carry of a "bowie [sic] knife, or other knife or instrument of the like kind or description"
The vague clause, "of the like kind or description," has been broadly defined by Alabama courts to include, for example, a 6-inch kitchen knife. As such, concealed carry of any similar sized fixed blade could be held to be illegal. Vague laws such as this only serve to entrap innocent knife carriers with no intent to break the law.
AL Senate Judiciary earlier this week voted out its own version of a Constitutional Carry bill, SB 1. This bill does not include removal of the Bowie knife ban.
Knife Rights will continue to work with HB 272 sponsors to help pass this bill or to add similar language to SB 1. We will let you know when it is time to contact your legislators to support HB 272 or SB 1.
Knife Rights is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization; leading the fight to Rewrite Knife Law in America™ and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans™. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 34 bills enacted repealing knife bans in 23 states and over 150 cities and towns since 2010.