Posted on 06/06/2015 1:34:13 PM PDT by marktwain
Knife rights is having a good year. In Wisconsin, a reform bill to de-criminalize switchblades for concealed carry permit holders and police was determined to be an insufficient reform by the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. A strengthened reform bill, to include knife preemption and decriminalization for the State, was written and passed as a substitute amendment, by a bi-partisan vote of 8-2.
The bill number is AB 142. Chances of passage in the Assembly and Senate look favorable. It is likely that Governor Walker would sign the bill, as it essentially brings Wisconsin knife law in line with the Wisconsin Constitution. Section 25 of the Wisconsin Constitution reads:
Wasn’t Texas doing something on this too?
Yes. Texas passed a knife preemption law. I do not know if Governor Abbott has signed it yet.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/05/tx-knife-preemption-to-governor-abbott.html
I don’t see why he wouldn’t
I will be surprised if he does not. Governor Abbott has done well so far.
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