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House Judiciary subcommittee hears testimony on Knife Owners Protection Act (COPPA)
Summary
Witnesses and members debated the Knife Owners Protection Act, which would protect transport of knives across state lines if secured during travel. Proponents argued the bill resolves a patchwork of state and local restrictions; opponents and some members raised public-safety and enforcement questions.
House Judiciary subcommittee members and witnesses focused part of a hearing on the Knife Owners Protection Act, or COPPA, a proposal intended to shield people who transport knives across state lines from prosecution when the knives are legal at both origin and destination and secured during transit.
The bill “would protect law‑abiding knife owners when they are traveling throughout the U.S.,” Doug Ritter, founder and chairman of Knife Rights, told the subcommittee. “If possession of the knife is legal where the journey starts and ends, and the knife is locked up in accordance with COPPA, a knife owner would no longer be threatened with arrest simply for traveling from one place to another, even if they have to pass through a jurisdiction where the knife is illegal.”
Ritter said inconsistent local and…
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