SPRINGFIELD, IL – (Scott Bertman, Illinois News Network. Please click on the link above for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
Illinois could become the latest state to legalize switchblade knives.
A bill now on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk would eliminate a decades-old ban that state Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, says never made much sense to begin with.
“It was an archaic law that was passed 40 or 50 years ago,” Bivins said, “more than likely in response to musicals like ‘West Side Story’ or the movies with switchblades, which created a little panic and you got an overreaction.”
The measure would eliminate language on the books that anyone who sells or possesses a switchblade could be charged with unlawful use of a weapon.
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