NY's 1974 ban on nunchaku just deemed unconstitutional

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/12/18/nys-1974-ban-on-nunchuku-jus.html

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#2

So will you now be able to purchase a tank that shoots nunchukus at Walmart or will you need a special permit for that?

#3

Dirtbag cousins in NY rejoice in their newfound freedom to demonstrate their elite martial arts skills in public (and maybe make mad Jacksonz from it).

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#4

here in the UK they were already illegal so they had to ban depicting them. Can’t find it now but there was a censored version of the Enter the Dragon poster where he looked like he was holding a baguette

#5

“Shafan ha Lavan” is Hebrew for white rabbit

#6

Haven’t people moved on to butterfly knives for their showy self-harm needs?

#7

Is there no NNA?
(National Nunchuku Association)

#8

They are and have always been legal to own in the UK, though they are considered offensive weapons so carrying them in public is a crime. There is a long list of ‘‘ninja weapons’’ whose manufacture, sale and importation (but not possession) are banned under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, but nunchaku aren’t on it.

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The NRA supported this lawsuit for some reason…

#10

Do the same aruments apply to any (historically styled) knife or sword as well?

#11

No, because the judge is a moron and this ruling will be overturned. The Second Amendment does not cover sticks, even fancy articulated ones, even if you can whoosh them around like a boss.

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#13

First time you wack yourself on the elbow with one you’ll realise you shouldn’t have bought one.

#14

Therapeutical use of nunchaku intrigues me. Who is the patient, the one whirling them around or the one getting them on the ribs, nose, head…

#15

Three words. Hard-working. Alpha male. Jackhammer. Merciless. Insatiable.

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I’d make the argument that the Second Amendment doesn’t cover personal ownership of sticks for non-militia purposes, but the Big Robes have already ruled on that one.

Do you have a legal justification for (purpose-built weapon) sticks not being covered by the 2A? (Not being a troll, genuinely curious if there’s a legal aspect to “arms” that escapes me.)

#17

She doesn’t know the fundamental rule of the second amendment:

Weapon used by white people to kill scores of minorities in movies = constitutional right

Weapon used by minorities to beat up white people in movies = illegal terrorist implement

#18

NunchAku.NunchUcks.

Sorry.

#19

Same person (usually) :wink:

#21

“Original intent of the framers of the constitution” is a pretty elastic concept.