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I think we need an SB 273-like bill for state weapon preemption. We need an enforcement mechanism.

C-dub wrote:Ashamedly, I'm ignorant of this new law. What about it makes it illegal for a courthouse to ban otherwise legal knives inside the courthouse?

It adds state preemption of knife laws. Similar to the preemption for gun laws, it means that local governments cannot create knife laws that are more strict than the state. Since, at the state level, it is not illegal to carry a knife in a court, it is also not legal for local governments to prohibit knives in courts.

*IANAL and this is my interpretation of HB905.

oohrah wrote:I just had jury duty. They said no knives. I didn't argue with them.

Yeah I know what they'll WANT to do, I'm just wondering what the actual law says now.

With state knife preemption taking effect, how does this affect taking knives past government metal detectors, say at courthouses?