New Yorkers Have a Constitutional Right to Nunchucks, Judge Rules
Source: NY Times
In the 1970s, the United States was in the middle of kung fu fever. A wave of martial arts movies washed onto American shores, making Bruce Lee an international superstar and nunchucks a household word.
Worried that young people inspired by the craze might use nunchucks to cause havoc, New York State lawmakers criminalized the weapon in 1974.
Not long after, a young man in suburban New Jersey began studying nunchucks, eventually developing a passion for them.
Four decades later, that formerly young man, James M. Maloney, now 60, was in court battling New Yorks ban on the weapon and winning.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/nyregion/nunchuks-ban-overturned-new-york.html
Interesting. Wonder if the NY ban on shurikens (throwing stars) will be overturned next...
ProfessorGAC
(69,745 posts)Well, except for broken noses, and fingers, and so on. . .
Polybius
(17,727 posts)They have always been legal there.
cab67
(3,216 posts)I attended high school in NJ. During driver's ed, a police officer gave us a presentation, mostly about drinking and driving. He said that it was legal to purchase nunchucks in NJ, but not to possess them. ("Keep them in your trunk so we don't see them during a pull-over" was the officer's advice. I've never had nunchucks, so it's never been a problem for me.)
This was in 1984. I don't know if the officer was accurate or not, but that's what he said.
Polybius
(17,727 posts)I seen metal nunchucks in a NJ mall a few years ago.
LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)Purchasing is acquiring possession, so the distinction would be a moot point if it becomes a crime the second you complete the transaction.
What I wonder if this will require nun chuck swinging conversations akin to the man spreading conversations (it's really the exact same conversation...).
cab67
(3,216 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Illegal to possess, legal to purchase.
You'll see them for sale at knife shows in states where possession is illegal.
LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)If the act of purchasing something leads to a criminal act as soon as the transaction is completed, there is is no logical distinction between the two.
The laws of most locations, being patchwork in continual process, are not required to agree with each other and make sense.
sl8
(16,245 posts)It seems odd that law enforcement or even the show proprietors would tolerate the practice.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Turbineguy
(38,335 posts)tenderizing abalone!
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)How many people have died from being attacked with nunchucks in US? Probably none. Yeah, they use them in katas at the karate dojo my family goes to over here in Maine.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Archae
(46,775 posts)*CONK*
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)robbob
(3,634 posts)Imagine the precision needed to not only HIT the ball, but hit it on line at the target! Not to mention the spinning and high kicks! Remarkable!
Codeine
(25,586 posts)It was made about ten years ago for a viral ad campaign.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bruce-lee-ping-pong/
reACTIONary
(5,991 posts).... now you tell me! I was seriously fooled !
Too good to be true!
JDC
(10,483 posts)Polybius
(17,727 posts)Not really him, but impressive.
EarthFirst
(3,122 posts)Kaleva
(38,066 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)He now has a thriving YouTube channel doing far less stupid content.
winstars
(4,250 posts)sakabatou
(42,977 posts)CentralMass
(15,507 posts)sakabatou
(42,977 posts)CentralMass
(15,507 posts)CentralMass
(15,507 posts)The rubber chucks were much less painful when you messed up.
I think that they were illegal in MA.
Polybius
(17,727 posts)Wonder if they were still illegal then.
flying rabbit
(4,770 posts)I have all your equipment in my locker. You should probably come get it cause I can't fit my nunchucks in there anymore.