Pocketknife law opponents cut in Hill fight

Subject: Pocketknife law opponents cut in Hill fight Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:08 am

Activists look to Senate after House blocking strategy fails

Opponents of the Obama administration's plan to expand the definition of "switchblades" and block the importing of many common pocketknives suffered an early setback in Congress this week, but they vow the Capitol Hill knife fight isn't over.

"Everyone from our first responders, law enforcement officials, Boy Scouts and hunters will be affected by this regulation," said Rep. Bob Latta, Ohio Republican, after the House Rules Committee rejected his bill to block the change. "It is unacceptable to think that we as citizens cannot carry a pocketknife for work or recreation purposes."

Mr. Latta, who has teamed up with Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick of Idaho to fight the measure, is currently exploring other legislative moves to stop the administration's plan, said Latta spokesman David Popp.

The two lawmakers had submitted an amendment to a spending bill that would have blocked the new regulation, but it was rejected on procedural grounds.

Critics of the regulation - including U.S. knife manufacturers and collectors, the National Rifle Association, sportsmen's groups and a bipartisan group of at least 79 House members - say it would rewrite U.S. law defining what constitutes a switchblade and potentially make de facto criminals of the estimated 35 million Americans who use folding knives.

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Pocketknife law opponents cut in Hill fight

Pocketknife law opponents cut in Hill fight

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