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THE GOVERNMENT BANNED A KNIFE… AND A JAMES DEAN MOVIE WAS PART OF THE STORY.
I'm not kidding.
Back in 1955, Rebel Without a Cause featured a switchblade knife fight.
America was already panicking about juvenile delinquency.
Three years later, Congress passed the Federal Switchblade Act.
And that restriction lasted for nearly 70 YEARS.
Now a federal appeals court has struck down a major part of it.
But here's what makes this story even more interesting.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS DEFENDING THE BAN.
And the court went looking for historical laws that could justify the restriction.
According to the opinion, only TWO out of nearly 200 historical blade laws cited in the analysis were close enough to support the government's argument.
But the biggest surprise?
THE COURT BROUGHT UP AR-15s.
It discussed millions of AR-15s in circulation while examining whether automatic knives qualify as commonly used arms.
That doesn't automatically settle the legality of AR-15 bans.
But the connection is worth paying attention to.
Here's my question:
How many weapons restrictions were influenced by public fear rather than evidence?
And should a weapon's popularity matter when courts decide whether the Second Amendment protects it?
Full breakdown on my YouTube channel.
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The idea was that nobody would expect the cornershot system hidden in this stuffed cat.
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