Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that expands the definition of "the right to bear arms" to include knives.

Highlights:

• Specifies that any person without further license, permission, restriction, rule, regulation, or other action or any threat of citation, prosecution, or other legal process, may own, possess, purchase, acquire, transport, store, carry, sell, transfer, manufacture, or keep any knife (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that possession of knives includes, transporting, or carrying, openly or concealed, on a person’s person or in hand (Sec. 1C).

• Defines “knife” as a cutting instrument and includes a sharpened or pointed blade (Sec. 1C).

• Specifies “arms” to include knives as well as firearms (Sec. 1C).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands the definition of "the right to bear arms" to include knives.

Highlights:

• Specifies that any person without further license, permission, restriction, rule, regulation, or other action or any threat of citation, prosecution, or other legal process, may own, possess, purchase, acquire, transport, store, carry, sell, transfer, manufacture, or keep any knife (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that possession of knives includes, transporting, or carrying, openly or concealed, on a person’s person or in hand (Sec. 1C).

• Defines “knife” as a cutting instrument and includes a sharpened or pointed blade (Sec. 1C).

• Specifies “arms” to include knives as well as firearms (Sec. 1C).

Full Bill Text