In Arizona, It's No Longer A Felony To Own Nunchucks
It's officially legal to own nunchucks in Arizona. On Friday, the state's Republican governor, Doug Ducey signed a bill removing nunchucks from a list of prohibited weapons that includes bombs, gun silencers and automatic firearms.
Until Friday, people who practiced martial arts faced the risk of a felony charge for possessing nunchucks in public. Arizona only allowed the weapons to be used in preparation for martial arts competitions.
"The average person can do far more damage using a baseball bat than nunchucks," Arizona Rep. John Kavanaugh, a Republican, told the Associated Press before the legislation passed. "They're not dangerous to anybody. And we really should let kids and adults who want to do martial arts activities legally possess them."
Several states, including Arizona, adopted the ban in the 1970s as martial arts movies, like ones starring Bruce Lee, became popular, according to the Arizona Daily Star. Last year, a federal judge struck down a similar ban in New York ruling that nunchucks were protected under the Second Amendment, the Washington Post reported.
Nunchaku, not dangerous? That's an insult to the Okinawan people!
The exact origin of nunchaku is unclear. Allegedly adapted by Okinawan farmers from a non-weapon implement for threshing rice, it was not a historically popular weapon because it was ineffective against the most widely used weapons of that time such as samurai swords, and few historical techniques for its use still survive.
Previously: New York State's Ban on Nunchaku ("Nunchucks") Found Unconstitutional
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 14 2019, @04:21PM (3 children)
You're completely right. I see my mistake.
Next time, i will do it the proper way, and arrange for those tactical nukes to be loaded by my slaves.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday May 15 2019, @10:07AM (2 children)
Conflating a defense of liberty with an abuse of it? Yeah, not going to work. Try another tack.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 16 2019, @05:32PM (1 child)
Just pointing out that you drew the "founding fathers did it" line where it worked for your argument.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 17 2019, @04:39AM
And I pointed out the massive, fatal flaw in your execution of that. How many Internets do I win?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.