Monday, May 19, 2014

Knife Rights suing NYC over pocket knife persecution

Shooting Wire:

Gilbert Arizona -- Last week, Knife Rights filed an appeal of a U.S. District Court's absurd ruling in its ongoing Federal Civil Rights lawsuit against New York City and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. The 62-page legal brief can be viewed at: 
www.KnifeRights.org/Knife_Rights_Appeal_Brief.pdf
The lawsuit challenges the City's practice of treating common folding knives as prohibited "gravity knives," then arresting and prosecuting law-abiding knife owners and intimidating retailers into paying large cash "sanctions" to avoid prosecution. Under the City's vague and subjective approach, it is impossible to know whether any particular knife will be treated as legal or prohibited.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Be safe, when in NYC avoid carrying any sort of knife. It is not worth the hassle.

Mark said...

Better yet avoid New York.