Kniferights.org & AKTI.org

**hso** · January 16, 2007, 02:23 PM

Two organisations working to protect our use of knives against politicians are the American Knife and Tool Institute and Kniferights, Inc.

Many of you are familiar with AKTI (http://www.akti.org/) and it's strong industry backing working on keeping knives in our hands. ATKI has been successful in influencing legislation to prevent one hand opening knives from being classified as switchblades.

The "new kid on the block" is Kniferights. org headed up by Doug Ritter. Kniferights is more of an end-user organisation dedicated to keeping knives in our lives. Expect them to be very outspoken and active in individual rights cases.

Both have open memberships and take donations to fund their efforts.

http://www.kniferights.org/index.php...=40&Itemid=135

Quote:

Knife Rights Mission Statement
Here are the mission statements of Knife Rights, Inc., the 501(c)(4) membership advocacy organization, and Knife Rights Foundation, Inc., the 501(c)(3) charitable educational foundation:

Knife Rights is dedicated to:

Providing knife and edged tool owners an effective voice to influence public policy and to oppose efforts to restrict the right to own, use and carry knives and edged tools;

Encouraging safe, responsible and lawful use of knives and edged tools through education and outreach, enhancing positive perceptions of knives and edged tools and their owners and users;

Encouraging the marketing of knives and edged tools in a responsible manner conducive to the organization's goals;

Cooperating with advocacy organizations having complimentary interests and goals;

Providing knife and edged tool owners with services that they will find valuable in order to build membership to enable success in our primary objectives.

Knife Rights Foundation is dedicated to:

Encouraging safe and responsible use of knives and edged tools through education and outreach;

Educating knife owners, public officials and the general public about the history of knives and edged tools;

Educating knife owners, public officials and the general public about knife and edged tool related laws and regulations
Join Knife Rights Today!

12GA00buck · January 17, 2007, 05:50 AM

Hso,
Those organizations were a breath of fresh air, thanks for pointing me in their direction.
Glad to see there is a sort of “NRA” for our knife rights

HiWayMan · April 4, 2007, 03:50 PM

Thanks for the heads up...................but very sad that this organization must even exist.

relentlessknives.com · June 16, 2008, 10:04 AM

In many countrys knife rights are under big time attack.
A forum in Germany reports....or at least this is what I could understand from the Babble fish translation of it.

That they are or were banning knives, forums that talk about knives, and guilds that promote the study and making of knives.
The forum owner writes in an understandably upset tone.
If anyone reads or speaks German, a more clear picture of what is happening with this might be real interesting.
the forum is messerforum.net

**hso** · January 27, 2011, 09:14 AM

http://www.akti.org/resources

Some important advances from AKTI.

January 17, 2007, 05:50 AM	#2
12GA00buck Member Join Date: September 3, 2006 Location: Alaska Posts: 215	Hso, Those organizations were a breath of fresh air, thanks for pointing me in their direction. Glad to see there is a sort of “NRA” for our knife rights __________________ NRA Member Registered Libertarian

April 4, 2007, 03:50 PM	#3
HiWayMan Member Join Date: March 15, 2004 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 877	Thanks for the heads up...................but very sad that this organization must even exist. __________________ If you feel the need to wear a pocket protector, make it a snubbie. "I'm here to regulate funkiness." - James Gandolfini in The Mexican "You got to know when to shoot them, know when to beat them, know when to walk away and know when to run." You never count your bullets when your out in public, there'll be time enuff for counting when the shootings done"! Sharkey - *** (to the tune of The Gambler)

June 16, 2008, 10:04 AM	#4
relentlessknives.com Member Join Date: July 11, 2006 Posts: 54	Are they banning knives in Germany altogether....? In many countrys knife rights are under big time attack. A forum in Germany reports....or at least this is what I could understand from the Babble fish translation of it. That they are or were banning knives, forums that talk about knives, and guilds that promote the study and making of knives. The forum owner writes in an understandably upset tone. If anyone reads or speaks German, a more clear picture of what is happening with this might be real interesting. the forum is messerforum.net __________________ Relentless Knives USA

January 27, 2011, 09:14 AM	#5
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