“One particularly fascinating glitch in Second Amendment jurisprudence surrounds one of the most iconic patterns in all of knives – the bowie knife. There are countless articles, books, and videos online recounting the history of the bowie knife and why it is so famous, but to my knowledge, there is nothing that delves into why the bowie knife, among all other knives, stands out in a legal context as, almost certainly, beyond the protections of the Second Amendment.”
Learn more in this article by attorney Anthony Sculimbrene, which was published in the February 2025 issue of Knife Magazine.