Knife Rights: WA "Spring Blade" Knife Ban Repeal Passes Senate

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The Washington "Spring Blade" Knife Ban Repeal bill, SB 5782, which passed the Senate last year and ran out of time in the House, is back! Today it once again passed in the Senate by a vote of 46-1. This is the same overwhelming bipartisan vote as last year. The bill now moves to the House.

Thanks to everyone who used Knife Rights' Legislative Action Center to email Senators in support of this bill.

Knife Rights thanks Senate Sponsor Hans Zeiger for his persuasive floor speech and to Senators Pedersen, Sheldon and Becker who also spoke in favor of the bill. There was no dissent on the floor.

Knife Rights will continue to work closely with our friends in Olympia to make sure legislators and Washington civil rights organizations are educated on the benefits of repealing Washington's archaic ban on "spring blade" knives.

Knife Rights' has helped enact 16 Switchblade Ban or Restriction Repeals since 2010: Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

Knife Rights is America's grassroots knife owners' organization and the Second Front in Defense of the Second Amendment™. Knife Rights is Rewriting Knife Law in America™ and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans™. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 31 bills enacted repealing knife bans in 22 states and over one hundred cities and towns since 2010. Join or support Knife Rights at www.KnifeRights.org.


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Great work!

Excuse my ignorance of the terminology. When referring to "Spring Blades" are we talking about spring assisted knives, or full automatic?
 
Great work!

Excuse my ignorance of the terminology. When referring to "Spring Blades" are we talking about spring assisted knives, or full automatic?

Automatics (switchblade) knives. Bill legalizing assisted-opening knives in WA was passed in 2012.
 
Wonderful! I've been steering clear of autos for the longest time. Good to know I'll be able to scratch that itch soon!
 
Thank you, Doug. I took up this fight a few years ago with a couple of my state representatives. The circus that ensued was unbelievable.

Indeed it has a long ways to go. Inslee's desk is not a hospitable place for anything that could be construed as a weapon.
 
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