Maine Becomes 8th State to Repeal Switchblade Ban!

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Maine Governor LePage has signed into law LD 264, "An Act To Restore the Right To Possess Certain Knives That Are Used by Many Citizens as Tools," repealing the state's ban on switchblade (automatic) knives. Maine is the eighth state to repeal its ban on switchblades since Knife Rights started it Sharper Future™ campaign six years ago.

Knife Rights would like to thank and congratulate LD 264 sponsor Representative Joel Stetkis for his leadership in passing LD 264. As a freshman legislator it means a lot to us that Knife Rights' victories in repealing bans in seven states previously gave Rep. Stetkis the inspiration and confidence to take on Maine's ban as one of his first legislative efforts.

The new law takes effect 90 days after the legislature adjourns, so we can't really give you a date at this point.

Automatic knives are now legal for civilians without restriction in 27 states, and legal with various restrictions in 10 more. Eight of those 27 states have been added by Knife Rights since 2010. Knife Rights passed the nation's first repeal of a automatic knife ban in 2010 in New Hampshire and has since passed repeal of automatic knife bans (and repealed other knife restrictions) in Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas.


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That's cool, way to go. I live in GA and enjoy carrying one of my automatics every now and then.
 
That is really awesome! Thanks for your hard work Critter!

Now we have to get constitutional carry to pass.

Jeremy
 
Awesome! Come to Louisiana please. I've sent emails to reps, to no avail.
 
To those encouraging us to come "fix" your state, we would love to, but it all depends on the political circumstances in each particular state, what contacts we can make among legislators and what our limited resources allow. As a matter of policy, we do not generally discuss pending legislation prior to a bill actually being introduced because too many times something happens to trip us up on the way to that key milestone. It is politics, after all. Having said that, stay tuned!

Every state we get done adds to the momentum and makes it easier to get it done in the next state. Your support TODAY, will allow us to get to your state down the road. Please donate TODAY to help us forge a Sharper Future™ tomorrow: www.KnifeRights.org/UltimateSteel
 
Great news; thank you for the work, the result and the news.
 
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