New York law defines a gravity knife as a knife with the blade in the ... “The governor and State Legislature have made it clear they feel differently.” In a statement after the bill was ...

The gravity knife is one of several obscure items banned by the state as weapons. A Downstate artist, John Copeland, is challenging the law as unconstitutional. Copeland bought the knife to make ...

A 2014 Village Voice investigation found that between 2003 and 2013, the NYPD made 60,000 arrests for alleged gravity knife possession. Eighty-six percent of those arrested were black or Hispanic.

Cracco said the officer tried the “flick test” four or five times before determining the Connecticut man had an illegal gravity knife. Authorities disputed the cop made repeated attempts.

Gravity knives are folding blades that are opened with a press of a button and a flick of the wrist. The blades were banned in New York in the 1950s following a string of knife crimes ...