A pair of stiletto heels may not be the only accessory at clubs in Lawrence in the near future.

Bar-goers soon will be free to bring their stiletto knives — plus daggers, dirks, and even something called a slungshot — to drinking establishments and any other place in the city.

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will hear that a new state law that goes into effect July 1 will nullify a longstanding city ordinance that has made it illegal for people to carry certain types of knives within the city limits.

The law change was part of a bill aimed at creating a uniform set of regulations for firearms and knives across Kansas.

“The state has made it clear that it will preempt all firearms issues,” said Maria Kaminska, an assistant city attorney who has reviewed the new law.

She said the law would create a few changes for the city.

• A city law that made it illegal to carry a “dagger, dirk, billy, blackjack, slungshot, danger knife, straight-edged razor, stiletto” or other such weapons should be repealed because the new law explicitly states cities don’t have the authority to have such local prohibitions. (A slungshot, by the way, is a weapon involving a string and a leaded weight, according to several websites.)

• A city ordinance prohibiting people from bringing a concealed firearm into any city drinking establishment or onto public property adjacent to a drinking establishment also should be repealed, Kaminska said. She said it was possible state law already had nullified that local ordinance, but she said the new law leaves no question that the city can’t enforce such an ordinance. Bar owners, just like other business owners, can decide to post the official no guns sign at their entrance, which still makes it illegal for concealed carry license holders to bring concealed weapons into the establishment.

Kaminska said the police department has used the local law related to knives to cite individuals in the past, but didn’t have numbers on how often it had been used. At least some bar owners said they were disappointed the city could no longer regulate the issue.

“I guess it doesn’t matter until somebody uses one,” Jerry Neverve, owner of the Red Lyon Tavern downtown, said of the knife restrictions. “In my opinion, it is just more wackiness from Mr. Brownback and the legislature.”

Mayor Mike Amyx said he also didn’t like that the Legislature was taking away the city’s ability to regulate such issues.

“I’m always of the opinion that decisions that impact Lawrence are better made locally than in Topeka,” Amyx said.

City commissioners at their Tuesday meeting will have one decision to make: Whether to post another no guns sign at City Hall and other city buildings. This sign would prohibit people from openly carrying a weapon into city buildings. Open carry refers to people who carry a weapon in plain view. Unlike concealed carry, no state license is required for individuals to carry openly.

Kaminska said the city currently does not have any regulations related to open carry. The new state law removes a city’s ability to regulate open carry, except local governments can post a sign prohibiting the open carrying of firearms in public buildings. The current no guns sign on public buildings only makes it illegal for concealed carry licensees to bring a concealed weapon onto the premises.

Commissioners meet at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.