S. 1437 · 111th Congress
A bill to clarify the definition of switchblade knives.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Orrin Hatch
- Introduced
- 2009-07-09
- Latest action
- 2009-07-09 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Amends the Act commonly known as the Federal Switchblade Act to exclude from the Act a knife that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward blade closure and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome that bias.