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#175908 - 07/10/09 03:14 AM Switchblade Amendment Passed in Senate
Doug_Ritter Offline

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The amendment to the Federal Switchblade Act has passed in the Senate. Next stop, and final hurdle, will be Conference Committee.

View the amendment here: http://www.KnifeRights.org/SAmdt%201447.pdf

You deserve to give yourself a big pat on the back for this. It was your letters, faxes and emails that led to this success. This amendment will stop Customs' rulemaking and protect your pocket knives with a permanent solution.

Our thanks to Senators Cornyn, Pryor, Hatch, Vitter, Risch, Chambliss, Corker, Enzi, Barrasso, Graham, Roberts, Wyden and Crapo for co-sponsoring this amendment.

We only have one more hurdle, getting through the Conference Committee. Our legislative consultants are already working on that in cooperation with the other advocacy groups and the House members who have been supporting this effort from early on. We should know by early next week what, if anything, we need to do to help that process.

It is never a done deal in politics, until it is actually done. Having said that, we have shown ourselves to be a force to be reckoned with. Right now its time to celebrate our success so far, having overcome great odds to get to this point. We'll be in touch again once we settle on the most effective strategy for the next step.

Thank you again for all your efforts and for your contributions. If you haven't yet made a contribution or become a member of Knife Rights, please consider it now. This success did not come cheap, and we are still not yet done. We still need your financial support.

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#175923 - 07/10/09 12:54 PM Re: Switchblade Amendment Passed in Senate [Re: Doug_Ritter]
Dagny Offline
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Registered: 11/25/08
Posts: 1918
Loc: Washington, DC
Bravo!!

Democracy in action.

Some bureaucrats at ATF will be steaming. They hate legislative smackdowns of their rulemakings. Preemptive smackdowns, especially.

Yay!



Edited by Dagny (07/10/09 12:55 PM)

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#175976 - 07/10/09 09:08 PM Re: Switchblade Amendment Passed in Senate [Re: Dagny]
Polak187 Offline
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Registered: 05/23/02
Posts: 1403
Loc: Brooklyn, New York
Thanks Doug. Send you some donation. When I can I will do more.
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