Vote & Comment Against Nevada SB171 - DO IT TODAY!

ATTENTION Nevada residents and those who do business or recreate in the state. We need you to ACT TODAY!

The Committee Hearing for the anti-knife bill SB 171 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8:00 AM. Nevada offers citizens a unique way to make their feelings known via an online poll with comments allowed.


Go to this link: http://bit.ly/i224SF

Please pass this along to every Nevada resident you know. Please post this on any appropriate online forum. A strong showing of public opinion against this bill will help us defeat it.

Please vote "Against" SB171 and provide comments to support your opposition. Below are some examples of the type of comments you can leave. PLEASE BE CIVIL! Put these ideas into your own words and add your own comments to carry the most weight.

If you are not a resident of Nevada, but do business or recreate there, make sure to include that in your comments. The Senators only care about their voters and those who can affect their voters. Other comments and votes will be ignored for the most part.

-- There is no reason to add "dangerous knife" to NV statutes because there are already
definitions for dangerous weapons in Nevada law.

-- The legislature should only legislate against bad behavior not the victimless possession of common, everyday tools.

-- Schools already have broad authority to regulate what does or does not come onto
their campuses.

-- Many rural school children carry a small pocket knife for everyday chores, should they really face criminal charges for this?

-- A two inch bladed knife may easily fit on a key ring. Do we really want to criminalize that?

-- If you are a UNION member: I am a member of ___________ Union and am very concerned that this law will jeopardize me personally because I carry a knife every day for work.

You can read the proposed bill here: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/SB/SB171.pdf

An overview of SB 171:

Nevada State Senator Sheila Leslie (D, Washoe 1) has introduced SB 171, to add to the list of weapons that the state prohibits in schools, including a so-called "dangerous knife," meaning, in her bill, any knife with a blade 2 inches or longer. Among the many problems with this bill, this new definition of a so-called "dangerous knife" would set very bad precedent in Nevada state law.

Nevada is one of the few rational states where common pocket knives are not mandated to be treated as weapons prohibited by the state from schools. Schools are free to determine for themselves what restrictions, if any, they will make.

Nevada residents should contact their State Senator and urge them to oppose SB 171. Click here to find your Senator: http://mapserve.leg.state.nv.us/website/lcb

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Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Am I really reading that correctly? Under the proposed legislation I could not have a SAK in my possession when picking up my own children from school?

This is silly. During the time I was "test driving" a Victorinox Classic, the one task it could preform faster than the tool I currently use is opening up boxes. For people who stock shelves, for example, that is what they do all day, open boxes. What is the state going to band next? EMT sheers? Hammers? These are all tools. How are we supposed to do a job without tools? I realize I am preaching to the choir here.

Jeanette Isabelle

Correct. That issue seems to have even gotten the attention of the Nev. Police Chiefs Association.