EDC Update: Tennessee Likely To Ease Knife Restrictions
A Tennessee CCW permit lets you carry a full-size 1911, an automatic pistol with a 5-inch barrel. So far so good, but if you carry an automatic knife like this Benchmade Adamas you’re probably breaking...
View ArticleTennessee Sheriffs Can’t Tell An Automatic Knife From A Shotgun
The Tennessee state senate approved statewide knife-law preemption yesterday, but not before a last-minute smear campaign by the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association gutted other major provisions of the...
View ArticleTN Governor signs Knife Law Preemption Bill
Last week, Tennessee became the 7th state to enact State preemption of local knife laws. This is a victory of sorts, as it moves the ball down the field, but it should have been so much more . . . …...
View ArticleKnifeRights Jumps Into 2014 Legislative Campaign With Florida, Tennessee...
After a string of victories in 2013, the hard-chargers at KnifeRights are getting an early start on next year’s legislative work. They’ve already gotten a knife-law preemption bill filed in the Florida...
View ArticleKnow Your Knife Laws #16: Tennessee
Tennessee’s knife laws are changing so quickly (and for the better) that writing about them is like snapping a picture of a waterfall. Suffice to say that they’re generally knife-friendly, and that the...
View ArticleKnife Store Review: Smoky Mountain Knife Works
Living in the Washington, D.C. area, there isn’t really such a thing as a local knife store. Sometimes you can find some interesting stuff at gun shops, but inventory is decidedly small and selective....
View ArticleThree Yards and a Cloud of Dust
I live in Knoxville, but I bleed the Scarlet of the Ohio State Buckeyes rather than Tennessee Orange. Big Ten football is often derided as being nothing more than “3 yards and a cloud of dust”. The...
View ArticleSwitchblades On The Rise In Tennessee
I came across this article from Nashville Public Radio recently, “Switchblades Return to Tennessee As Knife Rights Movement Quietly Grows” detailing the scene in the state now that it’s antiquated...
View ArticleWildfire as a tool of terror (and my return to the Smokies)
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I was aware that there was a significant series of wildfires burning in Israel, most likely arson, and being celebrated across the anti-Semitic world with the...
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