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by SitasMom on 10 June 2009 - 18:06
'If this were to pass and you cross the state line with one, it's a felony'
By Bob Unruh
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is proposing a new definition that could be used to eliminate 8 of 10 legal pocketknives in the United States right now, according to activists who are gearing up to fight the plan.
The federal bureaucracy is accepting comments – written only – that must be received by June 21 before its planned changes could become final, but Doug Ritter of KnifeRights.org, said the implications of the decision would be far-reaching, since many state and federal agencies depend on the agency's definitions to determine what is legal in the United States.
For a long time, those switchblades that have long stiletto blades that are spring-ejected powerfully from the side or end of the handle have been illegal in the United States, but now a review by the agency of its own approval in 2008 of a particular type of knife for import is raising serious alarms.
Ritter said the effect of the proposed change would be that the new design in knives, many of which contain a tiny spring to help the user pull open the blade and lock it into position, would be classified alongside those true weapons where the user just presses a button and the blade is ejected.
"They are saying that any knife that you can open quickly or any knife that you can open with one hand is therefore a switchblade," Ritter told WND.
On his organization's website there are suggested letters for consumers to reproduce and dispatch to both the Customs agency as well as their members of Congress over the issue.
Ritter suggested that up to 80 percent of the pocket knives sold in America today either are one-handed opening knives or so-called assisted opening knives – and they all suddenly would be classified as illegal switchblades.
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The agency change came in a case involving a knife called the "VanHoy Assist," whose importers were represented in a request for affirmation of its legality by a San Francisco law firm.
Such determinations are not unusual since an importer does not want to have a shipment of products sitting on a ship waiting for unloading only to have a federal agent call them illegal.
The knives first were approved by the agency in 2008. But only a few weeks ago, Frederick McCray of the agency's Intellectual Property Rights and Restricted Merchandise Branch did a review.
"This is in reference to Headquarters Ruling Letter ('HQ') H032255, dated August 12, 2008, which concerned the admissibility of the 'VanHoy Assist,' a 'release-assisted' knife described below, pursuant to the Switchblade Knife Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1241, et seq. In the referenced ruling, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (hereinafter 'CBP') determined that the knives at issue were admissible into the United States pursuant to the Switchblade Knife Act. We have reconsidered the rationale of, and the admissibility determination made in HQ H032255 and found both to be in error. For the reasons set forth below, we hereby revoke HQ H032255," the letter said.
That could mean headaches for the knife industry, Ritter said.
"Customs," continued Ritter, "is the only place where the switchblade is interpreted in various rulings. Whenever a federal, state, or local jurisdiction is looking at what a switchblade is, whenever there's a court case or whatever … they will look to the feds."
He said the change came after the incoming administration of President Barack Obama reass
by judron55 on 10 June 2009 - 19:06
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by Uglydog on 10 June 2009 - 23:06
Swimming pools cause Drownings. Cars cause accidents.
Ammo is virtually gone, none to buy.
Have a look at your local Wal Mart at the barren shelves. Government is buying 80% of it up.
Hope all of you are loading up, or loaded up rather.
by SitasMom on 11 June 2009 - 05:06
obama adminestration does this really stupid stuff so we will not pay attention to the important stuff that they are working on.
right now we need to pay close attention to the cap and trade stuff and the universal medical care stuff..........we are fixing to be screwed big time........
obama withdrew funding for the US / Mexico fence - wonder how many newly unemployed people there are because of this one.....
by luvdemdogs on 11 June 2009 - 05:06
by Two Moons on 11 June 2009 - 05:06
A pocket knife is for boxes and trimming my nails.
My skinning knife and my Kabar are both still legal.
Like Crocodile Dundee, thats not a knife, This is a knife....:)
You need something long enough to penetrate the heart through the side of the rib cage.
And it must be sharp enough to cut without resistance.
You might even want one thats not made of metal for obvious reasons.
I don't know why I bother.
Like we don't have enough ridicules laws.
SSDD.
I don't laugh, I twitch and froth at the mouth.
by luvdemdogs on 11 June 2009 - 05:06
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