A Massachusetts law prohibiting carrying switchblades violates the Second Amendment and must be vacated, the state’s highest court said Tuesday.
“The Second Amendment extends to all bearable arms and is not limited to firearms,” Justice Serge Georges wrote for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. “Like handguns, a person can carry a switchblade for offensive or defensive purposes in case of confrontation.”
The ruling sheds light on the type of weapon regulations that are now impermissible following 2022 Supreme Court precedent set in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
The opinion also opens the ...
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