The Pennsylvania Legislature has ended the state’s prohibition on automatic knives.
Also known as switchblades, these knives are tucked into the handle until the user presses a button and the blade snaps out.
Just four states now ban the use of switchblades: Washington, Minnesota, Hawaii, and New Mexico.
Pennsylvania law prohibits repairing, selling, dealing, using, or possessing “offensive weapons,” which the law defined as bombs, grenades, machine guns, blackjacks, sandbags, metal knuckles, stun guns (including Tasers), automatic knives, and a few related weapons.
The new law, which takes effect Jan. 2, 2023, was authored by Republican Rep. Martin Causer. It simply removes automatic knives from the list of prohibited offensive weapons….