URGENT TEXAS ACTION ALERT: EMAIL TODAY! Floor Vote Monday for Texas Knife Law Reform: Knife Rights' Texas Knife Law Reform Bill, HB 956, is set for a floor vote Monday, April 26th. Thanks for the hundreds of emails you sent to members of the House Calendars Committee.Now we need to do it again for the floor vote!

If you are a Texas resident, use Knife Rights' Legislative Action Center to EMAIL your Representative and ask them to vote YES on HB 956. DO IT NOW! https://kniferights.org/resources/congressweb/#/44

Please share this with all your Texas friends. The more emails we can generate, the better!

HB 956 would remove from statute a number of places where Location-Restricted Knives (having blades over 5 1/2 inches) are banned, including restaurants and bars that derive 51% of their income from sale or service of alcoholic beverages, amusement parks and places of religious worship.

If you are a Texas resident, use Knife Rights' Legislative Action Center to EMAIL your Representative and ask them to vote YES on HB 956. DO IT NOW!
https://kniferights.org/resources/congressweb/#/44

Background:

In 2013 Knife Rights’ repeal of Texas’ switchblade ban was enacted. In 2015 Knife Rights’ signature Knife Law Preemption was enacted, nullifying all local knife ordinances more restrictive than Texas state law, including two of the “10 Worst Anti-Knife Cities in America” at the time, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. In 2017 our bill removed all of the “illegal knives” in Texas law, finally allowing Texans the right to carry a Bowie knife, dagger and others in public. In 2019 our bill removed the ban on carry of clubs (including tomahawks) and possession of knuckles (including trench knives and the like).

Unfortunately, during the 2017 legislative process, as a result of a tragic University of Texas stabbing just blocks from the Capitol, a minor amendment was added to stipulate that knives with blades over 5 1/2 inches are now defined as “location-restricted knives.” These knives may be carried throughout the state except in a narrow list of places such as schools, colleges, correctional facilities, amusements parks, houses of worship, and bars that derive more than 51% of their income from alcohol sales, as well as some other locations. Minors are also restricted as to when they can carry these knives. CLICK HERE for a complete listing of the current bans for Location-Restricted Knives.

As noted above, HB 956 would remove a number of commonly visited restricted locations from the list.

Knife Rights (www.KnifeRights.org) is America’s grassroots knife owners’ organization; Rewriting Knife Law in America™ and forging a Sharper Future for all Americans™. Knife Rights efforts have resulted in 33 bills enacted repealing knife bans in 23 states and over 150 cities and towns since 2010, as well as numerous litigation victories.

Doug Ritter
www.KnifeRights.org
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www.DougRitter.com

No matter what you choose to defend yourself with, I believe this to fall under the 2A as arms.

You are correct, Sir.
It is about solidarity: unity of action among groups with a common interest.

To paraphrase the famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemoller:

First they came for the knives
and I did not speak out.
Then they came for the guns
and there was no one left to speak for me.

Finally, I rarely have ever agreed with Reverend Jesse Jackson,
but allow me to paraphrase his famous 1988 patchwork quilt speech:

Hunters, we must build a quilt.
Varmint hunters, your patch is not big enough.
Duck hunters, your patch is not big enough.
Target shooters, your patch is not big enough.
Deer and hog hunters and skinners, your patch is not big enough.
Firearm and edged weapon collectors, your patch is not big enough.
Martial arts and self-defense, your patch is not big enough.

"But don't despair. Be as wise as my grandmama.
Pull the patches and the pieces together, bound by a common thread.
When we form a great quilt of unity and common ground...

We, the people, can win!"