Virginia Switchblade Legislation

[1967redrider]

If you're a Virginia resident, please consider signing and sending this petition to your representative to repeal the current switchblade restrictions-

https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fas ... o_id=15295

Mods, please move if necessary, thank you.

[cody6268]

Done! I don't know why the delgate for my district wasn't included, only the state senator.

I am hoping that it finally gets passed; as a similar bill was vetoed by the previous governor.

I never bought any, since that well, everything was a bit of a gray area in terms of legality. Hoping that if things start to change, they get stocked locally a bit more--things like the Spyderco Autonomy and Boker Kalshnikov series for example. Been thinking the Autonomy 2 Rescue will be a great farm work knife, and the spring is easy to change out.

[1967redrider]

We can only hope, cody.

KnifeCenter in Fredericksburg, VA won't mail autos to me but just about every other knife store will. It just doesn't make sense.

[cody6268]

Looks like the governor signed the repeal into law yesterday--effective July 1. Surprised that it passed the Senate unanimously, and the House almost unanimously.

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp60 ... 0758+SRREF


Now to decide what I'm buying. I have 3 1/2 months to set aside money for something nice.

[Painter80]

I just read about this a few minutes ago. That's good news

[1967redrider]

A good step, but here's the downside. You can open carry but not conceal. So SMKW and KnifeCenter still probably won't let you but from them.

[zzyzzogeton]

Looks like the governor signed the repeal into law yesterday--effective July 1. Surprised that it passed the Senate unanimously, and the House almost unanimously.

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp60 ... 0758+SRREF


Now to decide what I'm buying. I have 3 1/2 months to set aside money for something nice.

Consider Pro-tech. Other than military junk (those wimpy military pilot rigger knives with orange handles), the only switch I have is a Pro-tech TR4. The pro-techs are pricey, but well built. I got it a couple of months before they became legal to carry in Texas back in 2013 and have no problems with it. Some day, I intend to get a TR3.

They have a bunch of weird looking handles for many of their models but the knives themselves are good.