Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

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Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby jdege on Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:42 am

https://kniferights.org/legislative-update/knife-rights-sues-minnesota-over-unconstitutional-switchblade-ban/
Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Unconstitutional Switchblade Ban
Knife Rights has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s complete ban on switchblades (automatically opening knives). Despite the Supreme Court’s binding Second Amendment precedent, the State of Minnesota virtually completely prohibits the manufacture, transfer and possession of common automatically opening knives. The sole exception to this ban is for possession “by museums or collectors of art or for other lawful purposes of public exhibition.” The State’s ban denies individuals who reside in or visit Minnesota their fundamental, individual right to keep and bear these common, constitutionally protected arms.
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Re: Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby Uffdaphil on Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:12 pm

Next I hope they work to overturn the ban on carrying fixed blade knives for self defense. What possible rationale justifies a permit holder carrying a gun, but not a less lethal weapon? Same same for extendable batons.
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Re: Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby xd ED on Sun Oct 06, 2024 8:32 pm

Uffdaphil wrote:Next I hope they work to overturn the ban on carrying fixed blade knives for self defense. What possible rationale justifies a permit holder carrying a gun, but not a less lethal weapon? Same same for extendable batons.


Are extendable batons somehow controlled/ restricted?
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Re: Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby Erud on Mon Oct 07, 2024 4:34 am

xd ED wrote:
Uffdaphil wrote:Next I hope they work to overturn the ban on carrying fixed blade knives for self defense. What possible rationale justifies a permit holder carrying a gun, but not a less lethal weapon? Same same for extendable batons.


Are extendable batons somehow controlled/ restricted?


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Re: Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby bstrawse on Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:35 am

Uffdaphil wrote:Next I hope they work to overturn the ban on carrying fixed blade knives for self defense. What possible rationale justifies a permit holder carrying a gun, but not a less lethal weapon? Same same for extendable batons.


There's no state law that prohibits carrying fixed blade knives - this is a city by city/county by county ordinance issue.
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Re: Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby bstrawse on Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:36 am

xd ED wrote:
Uffdaphil wrote:Next I hope they work to overturn the ban on carrying fixed blade knives for self defense. What possible rationale justifies a permit holder carrying a gun, but not a less lethal weapon? Same same for extendable batons.


Are extendable batons somehow controlled/ restricted?


Not in state law.
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Re: Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby Lumpy on Mon Oct 07, 2024 1:04 pm

bstrawse wrote: this is a city by city/county by county ordinance issue.


Robin Hood had less trouble with King John than he did with the Sheriff of Nottingham.
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Re: Knife Rights Sues Minnesota over Switchblade Ban

Postby bstrawse on Mon Oct 07, 2024 5:49 pm

Lumpy wrote:
bstrawse wrote: this is a city by city/county by county ordinance issue.


Robin Hood had less trouble with King John than he did with the Sheriff of Nottingham.


ok. I'm not really sure the point you're trying to make here.

This is litigation against the state to invalidate a state law. The fight starts there.
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