Judge rules against New York state ban on nunchucks

[Swordsmyth]

A federal court has ruled that that a New York state ban on possessing nunchucks is unconstitutional.
Judge Pamela Chen issued the ruling about the famous martial arts weapon last Friday in a Brooklyn federal court, according to The Associated Press.


The news service noted that Chen's ruling recounted the history of the nunchucks ban, which was instituted in New York in 1974 "out of a concern that, as a result of the rising popularity ‘of ‘Kung Fu’ movies and shows,′ ‘various circles of the state’s youth’ — including ‘muggers and street gangs’ — were ‘widely’ using nunchaku to cause ‘many serious injuries.’”
The plaintiff in the case, James Maloney, was charged with possession of nunchucks, two rigid rods connected at one end by a chain or rope, in his home in 2000.
Maloney initially filed a complaint in 2003. The AP notes that he was mainly focused on getting that part of the law that bans nunchucks even in private homes overturned.
Chen said in her ruling that the court couldn't just take that part out of the existing law. She ruled that the state law as it pertained to possessing the weapon was in violation of the Second Amendment.
She also said that the law as it applied to the manufacturing, transporting or disposing of nunchucks was unconstitutional.

More at: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...n-on-nunchucks

[r3volution 3.0]

How timely, I was wondering what to do with my Asian sticks-connected-by-a-chain...

[Brian4Liberty]

were ‘widely’ using nunchaku to cause ‘many serious injuries.’”

Usually to your own head...

[Swordsmyth]

Usually to your own head...

Or your own hand.

[oyarde]

New york , LOL . Give the entire general assembly two pair each .

[dannno]

[Anti Federalist]

$#@!, I'm old, I remember when this passed.

New Jerkey banned them as well.

[Swordsmyth]

This should be good precedent for getting rid of certain gun laws in the state.

[Anti Federalist]

She ruled that the state law as it pertained to possessing the weapon was in violation of the Second Amendment.

But bans on commonly used magazines are...

[jkr]

fk a wise latina woeman!

[Swordsmyth]

Judge says NY Ban on stun guns is unconstitutional

[TheTexan]

I'm a bit confused by this ruling. Nunchucks have no legitimate hunting use, so I'm not sure why it would be protected by the 2nd amendment. But then again, nunchucks have no military use either, so maybe that's why.

I guess this activist judge is trying to expand the 2nd amendment to useless weapons, and not just hunting weapons.

[nikcers]