In the May issue of Knife World, attorney and knife expert Dan Lawson delves into the problems that were known about the Federal Switchblade Act before it was ever passed into law. The legislative history behind the Federal Switchblade Act of 1958 (FSA) reveals that enforcement issues and uncertainties were foreseen due to the “many […]

Exciting news from Pennsylvania. As the home state of our knife expert and attorney, improving knife laws in Pennsylvania has been a high AKTI priority for over twenty years. Initiatives have come and gone. We have headed in the right direction again with the bill passing the House today with bipartisan support!

“State laws applicable to knives on school grounds are in force in, essentially, every state, although wide variation exists as to what is restricted.” What about the student who simply “forgot” the fact that they had a knife in their bag?  Read more in the article “Schools and Knife Laws” by Daniel C. Lawson which […]

AKTI Member Blue Ridge Knives Was Crucial to this Success The American Knife & Tool Institute applauds the collaborative efforts in Virginia that recently culminated when Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed SB 758 into law, removing “switchblade knives” from the list of prohibited weapons.  The law takes effect July 1, 2022. “I am very pleased […]