Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Because YOU Can't Be Trusted with Sticks

Arizona is one of only four states, along with California, Massachusetts, and New York, that has ever banned nunchakus... [More]
I'm trying to wrap my head around the arrogance of that. I just can't get out of "WTF is wrong with some people?" mode.

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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/08/2019 10:25 AM

    "Arizona is one of only four states, along with California, Massachusetts, and New York, that has ever banned nunchakus"

    I don't think this is true. When I was a teenager in NC, I was once walking about with a pair in my back pocket, inadequately concealed by my coat, and I was stopped by a police officer who told me that they were illegal and that I shouldn't be carrying then. Of course, police officers never lie ...

    -- david

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  2. Anonymous5/08/2019 11:58 AM

    UH WRONG! Ky. banned them in the 1970's. I'm pretty sure that if you do a little more home work you'll find that banning all kinds of martial arts weapons was a fad with many state legislatures in the 70's and 80's. It's a lot more than four.

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  3. David Codrea5/08/2019 12:06 PM

    Please provide a link proving AzCDL is wrong.

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  4. Unknown5/08/2019 4:29 PM

    Are you sure that states like Kentucky have banned nunchaku?

    An initial search of The Kentucky Revised Statutes website does not seem to indicate any prohibition on nunchaku.

    https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/lrcsearch#tabs-3 , but it is possible that I may have
    missed something... Can you show any states that have, besides the ones we mentioned
    in the AzCDL alert?

    Respectfully,
    Charles Heller
    AzCDL Communications Coordinator
    Co-Founder, AzCDL
    charlesheller@azcdl.org

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  5. Anonymous5/10/2019 1:30 PM

    Yes . Unless it has been repealed; Ky banned Nunchucks at the same time they did throwing stars and throwing knives. Around 1976 if memory serves.

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  6. David Codrea5/10/2019 8:15 PM

    The operative word here is "banned."

    I can find a Kentucky statute against carrying a concealed deadly weapon with nunchakus & stars included in the definition, but not against their ownership/possession:

    Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 527.020. Carrying concealed deadly weapon



    Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 500.080. Definitions for Kentucky Penal Code

    If anyone can educate us otherwise, please do.

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