Protecting Interstate Knife Transportation Rights
This new law aims to simplify interstate knife transportation for law-abiding citizens, overriding various state and local prohibitions. It protects individuals from arrest for knife possession during travel, provided specific safety conditions are met. The act seeks to standardize rules for knife transport.
Key points
You can transport knives across state lines if you can legally possess them at your origin and destination.
Knives must be secured: out of reach in a vehicle or in a locked container; in a locked container outside the passenger cabin on an airplane.
Emergency knives (e.g., for cutting seatbelts) can be in a vehicle's passenger compartment but not on an airplane.
You cannot be arrested for transporting a knife if you comply with the act, unless you intend to commit a crime.
The act allows you to assert your rights in court if wrongly detained and provides for legal fee reimbursement.
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