Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report"

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10- Government Banning Pocketknives

The lamestream media told you:

Nothing.

Web sources however told you the federal government is set to confiscate or criminalize possession of most pocket knives in the country, mainly focused on "assisted opening" knives. Great confusion exists between these one-hand-opening knives, reportedly 80% of the current knife market, regular pocket knives, true switchblades and the effects of both state and federal law on the subject. Page Nine readers who have removed their blinders will of course immediately recognize that the Customs and Border Protection agency cannot write or rewrite federal law, even if they'd like to. Attorney David Wong, author of Knife Laws of the 50 States clarifies the mess below.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

Hi Alan. I believe the knives in question are assisted-openers, not automatics. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ruling in question apparently stems from a reversal of a prior CBP "admissibility determination" via a so-called Headquarters Ruling Letter, for a specific type of assisted-opening knives.
The federal switchblade act is found at 15 U.S.C. §1241 et. seq.; here is the index:

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