The federal judges' ruling, which may be appealed, has implications beyond Hawaii, including in California and other states that also ban or severely restrict butterfly knives. Above, a youth holds a ...

Teter and Grell’s attorney, Alan A. Beck, told the Honolulu Star- Advertiser in an interview that he and his clients feel “real good” about the court’s ruling and noted the importance of the balisong ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that Hawaii's ban on "butterfly knives" violates the Second Amendment, finding the pocketknife-esque blade falls under the definition of "arms.

State bans on weapons such as butterfly knives, pictured, and billy clubs are under new legal scrutiny as U.S. judges weigh a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that radically shifted 2nd Amendment law in ...

The butterfly knife is at the heart of a controversy over Second Amendment rights. Butterfly knives are under fire in some U.S. states. Michigan just joined a case involving controversy over Hawaii's ...

HONOLULU (KITV) — Monday morning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled against Hawaii’s ban on owning butterfly knives. A lawsuit had been opened, it went to the Ninth Circuit and the ruling was ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed to re-hear the court’s 2023 three-judge panel decision Thursday which struck down a ban on butterfly knives in Hawaii. Chief Judge Mary Murguia ...

A conservative panel of federal judges ruled Monday that a 30-year ban on butterfly knives in Hawaii is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court's new "history and tradition" standard for ...

Aug. 8—Hawaii's 30-year ban on butterfly knives was overturned Monday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when the three-judge panel ruled that the right to carry the blade was protected by the ...