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12-06-2010, 08:43 AM
Pushing a Right to Bear Arms, the Sharp Kind

By MARC LACEY
Published: December 4, 2010

PHOENIX — Arizona used to be a knife carrier’s nightmare, with a patchwork of local laws that forced those inclined to strap Buck knives or other sharp objects to their belts to tread carefully as they moved from Phoenix (no knives except pocketknives) to Tempe (no knives at all) to Tucson (no knives on library grounds).

But that changed earlier this year when Arizona made its Legislature the sole arbiter of knife regulations. And because of loose restrictions on weapons here, Arizona is now considered a knife carrier’s dream, a place where everything from a samurai sword to a switchblade can be carried without a quibble.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/us/05knives.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Steve