Knives Are the New Guns in Lawmakers’ Second-Amendment Expansion
U.S. legislatures that relaxed laws after the gun lobby’s decades-long push are now loosening restrictions on switchblades, dirks, daggers and poignards.
George Chakiris holds a switchblade open, ready to fight a rival gang in a still from the musical film, 'West Side Story,' directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, 1961. Source: United Artists via Getty Images
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State lawmakers are bringing knives to the gunfight.
Expanding the battle over the right to bear arms, U.S. legislatures that relaxed laws after the gun lobby’s decades-long push are now loosening restrictions on switchblades, dirks, daggers and poignards.