Knife Rights News Slice: California Bill Hearing, Louisiana Bill heads to Gov., Iowa Preemption Signed

California:

The very first hearing on one of our post-Bruen lawsuits challenging a knife ban on Second Amendment grounds was held yesterday before District Court Judge James E. Simmons, Jr., in San Diego. The lawsuit challenges California’s ban on switchblade (automatic) knives with a blade 2-inches and greater…

Louisiana:

Louisiana SB 194, that includes Knife Rights’ signature Knife Law Preemption language, received a bipartisan concurrence vote by the Senate and is now headed to the governor for his action.

Knife Rights would like to thank Dan Zelenka, President of the Louisiana Shooters Association, for his multi-year, multi-session commitment to assisting all our efforts in Louisiana. He has been a major factor in all our success there. We’d also like to thank Senator Blake Miguez who has sponsored a number of Knife Rights bills in Louisiana, including SB 194. He’s been a champion for Knife Rights for a long time. Representative Neil Riser also deserves our gratitude for so skillfully managing SB 194 on the House floor, against a myriad of wild questions and downright distortions about the bill’s effects….

Iowa:

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Knife Rights supported HF 2556 which provides penalties for the violation of Iowa’s long-existing weapons preemption law that includes knives. This will allow individuals to collect monetary damages in any lawsuit seeking enforcement of the state’s weapons preemption statute…

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