The Second Amendment Foundation has submitted an amicus brief to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of two Hawaii residents who won a ruling before a circuit court panel in a challenge of Hawaii’s ban on “butterfly knives,” and are now responding to the state appeal before an en banc panel.
Andrew Teter and James Grell are plaintiffs in the case. Defendants in the case are Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez and State Sheriff Division Administrator Mark Hanohano, in their official capacities. SAF’s amicus brief was filed by attorneys Edward Andrew Paltzik, Serge Krimnus and Meredith Lloyd at Bochner PLLC in New York.
Like automatic knives, bans like these are nonsensical, but offered grandstanding politicos to “do something”, usually against gangs of minority “Youts”.
Read the whole thing at Ammoland.com:
Hawaii’s Ban on Common “Butterfly Knives” is Based on Nothing But Hysteria
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