Switchblades have moved from movie props to the center of a constitutional fight that could reset how you carry knives in daily life. As courts and lawmakers revisit old bans, your pocketknife is suddenly wrapped up in the same legal theories that reshaped gun rights. The outcome of the current switchblade battles is poised to influence knife laws across the country, from what you can buy online to what you can clip inside your work pants.
A good summation of where we are post-Bruen, and the piece can be summed up with this line…
“(T)he stakes are practical as well as symbolic. If the Ninth Circuit accepts that switchblades are protected arms, California’s ban could fall and other states in the circuit would gain a powerful precedent.”
Read the whole thing at The AvidOutdoorsman.com
Switchblade fight update — why this case could shape knife laws nationally