New US Ban on Sale of Elephant Ivory

Mark Knapp said:
California law is confusing and ambiguous, it's very hard to follow. In the last couple years, some of my competitors that have businesses in California have had to stop dealing in walrus ivory because California regulations changed, and prohibited it. They are currently fighting it because state laws are not supposed to eclipse federal law, as one of the pieces Bob sited notes. It's a mess there. That's as I understand it anyway.
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Mark,
That is an understatement! LOL The laws here regarding everything from blade length to button knives are such a headache that I have asked a few local PD the same question and gotten very different answers.

I think laws are written this way intentionally because half the people that written the laws have no idea what they are talking about so they are written so vague that they can enforce them if they want and mostly they can show the good people of the state of California that they are keeping them safe from all of those terrible ethic groups that carry those horrible things! LOL.
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
Mark,
That is an understatement! LOL The laws here regarding everything from blade length to button knives are such a headache that I have asked a few local PD the same question and gotten very different answers.

I think laws are written this way intentionally because half the people that written the laws have no idea what they are talking about so they are written so vague that they can enforce them if they want and mostly they can show the good people of the state of California that they are keeping them safe from all of those terrible ethic groups that carry those horrible things! LOL.
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I'm with you, I am afraid the ivory thing will be pretty bad in the same way.
 
A coalition letter opposing the Ivory Ban was sent today to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe from 31 organizations representing a wide variety of impacted communities opposed to the ivory ban. As one of the founders of the coalition, Knife Rights was honored to be joined on the letter by the Custom Knife Collectors Association, the National Knife Collectors Association, the Professional Knifemakers Association and The Knifemakers' Guild as well as the industry's American Knife & Tool Institute. You can read this letter here: www.kniferights.org/Ivory_Coalition_Letter_4.4.14.pdf

The purpose of this letter was to put the Administration, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the House Appropriations Committee, as well as Members of Congress, on notice that this ivory ban will adversely affect a large number of Americans.

Please contact your Representative and Senators and let them know you oppose the Administration's new total ban on commercial sale and trade of pre-ban ivory that unfairly impacts millions of law-abiding Americans and which they have not shown will have any effect on poaching or the trade in illegal ivory.

You can find your Representative here: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
You can find your Senators here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

The next step in our coalition strategy is for each of the impacted communities to present FWS with their own letter, which can be more specific in the nature of the adverse impact to that community. This will further emphasize the widespread negative effects this ban will have on Americans. Knife Rights, as the representative on the coalition for the grassroots knife community, is sending out a knife-centric letter to the many national, state and local knife organizations to endorse.

This is going to be a tough fight; the supporters of this irrational and unfair ban are well-organized and well-financed. However, if we all pull together, we have a chance to beat this. Start by calling or emailing Congress TODAY!
 
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