You know, that post is so brief and uninformative that it deserves this response:
I think knives should continue to be subject to the law of gravity!
The Governor now has 10 days (excluding Sunday) to sign or veto the bill, or allow it to become law without his signature.
While Gov. Cuomo vetoed the previous two overwhelmingly passed similar bills (2016 & 2017), in significant part due to the opposition of New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. who has championed his prosecutions under the law, even Vance has indicated he will not object to this bill.
Gov. Cuomo’s own Attorney General has come out in support of this bill, saying, “I believe it’s high time that gravity knives be removed from the penal code.”
(BUT ITS ALSO ABOUT REGULAR, LOCKABLE FOLDERS being treated as illegal folders: thats what the majority of tens of thousands of arrests have been over)
Martin LaFalce of the Legal Aid Society, who has written a number of Amicus Briefs in support of Knife Rights Federal civil rights lawsuit challenging NYC’s and Vance’s discriminatory enforcement of the law against owners of common folding knives, said, “this is the most unfair law-enforcement practice in New York state.”
IF YOU ARE IN NY PLEASE CLICK THE LINK TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE GOV.
If you know someone in NY, please forward this.
Gravity is not just a good idea, it’s the law!
Looked it up. Seems if you can flick the knife open, it is a “gravity knife” and illegal. Cops have been allowed to make multiple attempts at flicking the knife open, and one success can result in an arrest.
My Cold Steel Recon 1 doesn’t flick open, but I suspect NY would find a different reason to ban it.