Thursday, December 05, 2013

FL:Knife Preemption

State Senator Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, has introduced a preemption bill for knives that is very similar to the state's firearms preemption laws.
If passed, Altman's bill would safeguard the right to carry a pocket knife across Florida.
Sen. Thad Altman
Sen. Thad Altman

The "Uniform Knife and Weapons Act" would eliminate local knife ordinances, which differ across the state.

SB 458 would invest only the state legislature with the power to enact knife laws, and allows for civil penalties against public officials or municipalities that fail to repeal their current knife regulations or seek to pass more.


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