New Hampshire Representative Jennifer Coffey's Knife Rights Bill
The Second Amendment isn't limited to guns; it's about "arms." State Representative Jennifer Coffey has submitted a bill in the New Hampshire legislature to remove the ban on automatic and double-edged knives for honest citizens. Rep. Coffey is a "Bill Of Rightist": she's the National Coordinator of Second Amendment Sisters, and a Senior Advisor of Pro-Gun New Hampshire.
Coffey's bill is supported by many state and national organizations, including but not limited to:
-- SAS (Second Amendment Sisters);
-- CCRKBA (Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms);
-- Firearms Coalition, The Hard Corps;
-- JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership);
-- Cam and Company of NRA News;
-- Pro-Gun New Hampshire;
-- Bloomfield Press (gunlaws.com);
-- Americans for Tax Reform;
-- NHLA (New Hampshire Wildlife Federation);
-- NHLA (New Hampshire Liberty Alliance);
-- NHAC (New Hampshire Arms Collectors Association);
-- NHFDA (New Hampshire Firearms Dealers Association);
-- Knife Rights, Inc;
-- AKTI (American Knife and Tool Institute);
-- BLADE magazine;
-- The NEW GUN WEEK;
-- GUNS magazine;
-- American Handgunner magazine;
-- Sword Forum;
-- Blade Blog;
-- usmilitaryknives.com;
-- Women and Guns magazine;
-- Knife World magazine;
-- Cutlery News Journal;
-- Benchmade Knives; and
-- Ed Fowler Knives.
--Hannah Dustin Defense League
Currently, New Hampshire state law allows you to possess automatic or double-edged knives (legally called "switch knives" and "daggers"), but not carry them; further, these knives cannot be sold in the state! Jenn's bill would legalize sale and carrying of these knives for honest citizens. The bill has bi-partisan support, and is co-sponsored by the NH House floor leaders of both parties. It will be decided in the New Hampshire legislature in early 2010.