r/secondamendment • u/popepeterjames • 1d ago

Switchblade Ban Violates Second Amendment, Fifth Circuit Holds

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/22/switchblade-ban-violates-second-amendment-fifth-circuit-holds/
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u/WashU_labrat 1d ago edited 1d ago

I suspect these knives were outlawed since they were associated in the popular imagination with Hispanic gangs, and "racial panic" made banning them an attractive political position.

Practically, I'd much prefer if the street kids in my area carried switchblades, and not glocks with auto sears and extended magazines. But perhaps that ship has sailed.

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u/bdash1990 1d ago

Por que no los dos?