10-JUN-2010 -- Georgia governor Purdue has signed SB 308 into law, which requires a carry permit to carry in public, openly or concealed, knives with blades over five inches.  Among other things, the new law also prohibits the carry of weapons, the definition of which includes knives with blades over five inches, in churches and other places of worship.

The new law takes effect immediately.

New Hampshire

19-MAY-2010 -- New Hampshire's governor has just signed into law an amendment to RSA 159:16, which removes the prohibition on carrying stilettos, switchblades ("switch knives"), daggers, and dirks. 

The new law takes effect immediately.

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 Arkansas 

09-FEB-2007 -- The Arkansas legislature has repealed Sec. 5-73-121 of the Arkansas Code pertaining to the offense of carrying a knife as a weapon.  Prior to its repeal, Sec. 5-73-121 had imposed a three and a half inch blade length limit on knife carry, and knives carried with blades over the specified length were presumed to be weapons under the statute. 

With the repeal of Sec. 5-71-121, implemented as Act 83 of 2007, Arkansas no longer has a statutory blade length limit for knife carry.

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Approximately once a month, I select a state and make available that state's knife law chapter from my book, Knife Laws of the Fifty States: A Guide for the Law-Abiding Traveler, available for download.

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