Knife Rights is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization leading the fight to Rewrite Knife Law in America™ and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans™. Knife Rights passed the nation’s first Knife Law Preemption bill in Arizona in 2010 and has since passed preemption bills in Alaska, Georgia, Kansas, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and now, Ohio. Preemption ensures citizens can expect consistent enforcement of state knife laws everywhere within a state. Knife Law Preemption is a Knife Rights criminal justice reform effort that repeals and prevents local ordinances more restrictive than state law which only serve to confuse or entrap law-abiding citizens traveling within or through the state. ![]() Without knife law preemption making the reforms contained in last year’s Knife Law Reform bill applicable statewide, numerous cities and towns in Ohio were still able to ban many knives that are perfectly legal under Ohio’s statutes. Together we have made Ohio a free state for knife owners and also created jobs and opportunities for business here in Ohio” Roegner said, “Thanks to Knife Rights for their unwavering support in this effort to rid Ohio of its vague and troublesome knife laws that too often impacted hard-working men and women. It is only with their cooperation and hard work that we were able to get these bills passed and we sincerely appreciate their dedication to protecting our freedoms. Both also sponsored last year’s Knife Law Reform Bill. Unable to attend the signing ceremony were SB 156 sponsor Senator Kristina Roegner and Representative Al Cutrona, sponsor of the House companion bill, HB 243, who sent staffers to the ceremony in their stead. Until then, local jurisdictions in Ohio can still enforce laws more restrictive than state law. ![]() NOTE: The new law does not go into effect until September 13th. I am so excited to join those states without knife restrictions on law-abiding businesses and residents.”Īs a result of our knife law reform bill signed into law last year, Hinderer is now able to manufacture switchblades, one of which you can win in our Ultimate Steel Early Bird Bonus! DONATE TODAY! Now they will be legal to own and carry throughout Ohio. ![]() Without their leadership and years of effort here, I and Ohio knife owners would still be dealing with some of the worst knife laws in the country. DeWine told Todd “that he was happy to sign the bill because it’s good for business and good for Ohio.”Īlso attending the ceremony was Ohio knife manufacturer Rick Hinderer who said, “all the credit for reforming Ohio knife laws goes to Knife Rights. This bill signing is the culmination of nearly seven years of our efforts in Columbus to eliminate all of Ohio’s terrible knife laws. (UPDATE 6/21 with Enactment Date) This morning Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Knife Rights’ Ohio Knife Law Preemption bill, SB 156, in a ceremony attended by Knife Rights Director of Legislative Affairs, Todd Rathner.
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