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Zeus
12/20/18 4:16:02 AM
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Have you ever used nunchucks before? - Results (7 votes)
Yes
42.86% (3 votes)
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No
42.86% (3 votes)
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Cool, does this mean the president can be kidnapped by ninjas?
14.29% (1 vote)
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NEW YORK (AP) A 1974 New York state ban on nunchucks that was put into place over fears that youth inspired by martial arts movies would create widespread mayhem is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, a federal court has ruled.

Judge Pamela Chen issued her ruling Friday in a Brooklyn federal court on the martial arts weapon made famous by Bruce Lee.

The plaintiff, James Maloney, started his legal quest after being charged with possession of nunchucks in his home in 2000. He initially filed a complaint in 2003, and appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court when the case went against him. The Supreme Court in 2010 remanded the case back down to be reconsidered in light of a Second Amendment decision it had made in another case, and Maloney filed an amended complaint later that year.

Maloney had been focused on getting the part of the law overturned that banned nunchucks, two rigid rods connected at one end by a chain or rope, even in private homes.

In her ruling, Chen said the court couldnt simply take that part out, and ruled that the states law as it pertained to possessing nunchuks as well as to manufacturing, transporting or disposing of them was in violation of the Second Amendment.

The ruling went over the history of the ban, and said it arose out of a concern that, as a result of the rising popularity of Kung Fu movies and shows, various circles of the states youth including muggers and street gangs were widely using nunchaku to cause many serious injuries.


Oh great, so now I have to worry about running into ninja gangs while visiting NY!
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Kyuubi4269
12/20/18 4:20:15 AM
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Nunchaku biker gangs are much cooler than muggers.

Regardless, this is more proof that the left hate the constitution.
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Keebs05
12/20/18 4:35:14 AM
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A NY judge rules in favor of personal freedom?

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Mead
12/20/18 4:36:37 AM
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Wait so nunchucks werent even legal in your own home? Wtf
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VeeVees
12/20/18 4:47:51 AM
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Banning exotic weapons is fucking stupid. A simple baseball bat is a more effective weapon.
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Kyuubi4269
12/20/18 4:50:27 AM
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VeeVees posted...
Banning exotic weapons is fucking stupid. A simple baseball bat is a more effective weapon.

But without baseball, NY has nothing.
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Mead
12/20/18 4:52:43 AM
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VeeVees posted...
Banning exotic weapons is fucking stupid. A simple baseball bat is a more effective weapon.


Tell that to a mutant turtle
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Person106
12/20/18 5:00:33 AM
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Yes, I've used nunchucks before. When I was a kid, I "attacked" a performer at a fair using nunchucks when he invited me to (to demonstrate his stamina or something).
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_AdjI_
12/20/18 7:40:36 AM
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VeeVees posted...
Banning exotic weapons is fucking stupid. A simple baseball bat is a more effective weapon.


It is harder to conceal, though. Granted, a baseball bat is such a mundane object that you don't necessarily need to conceal it anyway, but it's still a point.
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Teh_Bean
12/20/18 9:56:18 AM
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I bought some real nun-chucks from a random store on a trip to Wyoming when I was a teenager. I could've avoided a lot of self-injury if I hadn't.
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PakoPako
12/20/18 10:40:25 AM
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In combat, due to wind up, nunchaku might be more effective than a baseball bat. But the investment to utilize them versus "swinging a big stick with a good grip" makes them completely ineffective.

On the plus side, I would like to see roving barbarian gangs wielding nunchaku -- it would be safer than a mob using .38 S&Ws as misuse of that weapon has a higher chance of injuring someone other than the user.
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Krazy_Kirby
12/20/18 11:24:02 AM
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must be pretty strong to chuck a nun... ba dum tsh.

also when i hear nunchuks i don't think bruce lee, i think tmnt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBSrocGagM" data-time="&start=19

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Mead
12/20/18 11:25:58 AM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
must be pretty strong to chuck a nun... ba dum tsh.


Ties a rock this post and hurls it into the sea
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Krazy_Kirby
12/20/18 11:27:37 AM
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Mead posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
must be pretty strong to chuck a nun... ba dum tsh.


Ties a rock this post and hurls it into the sea


depending on the rock it wouldn't sink
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InhumaneRaider
12/20/18 11:28:48 AM
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Good, now I can defend myself against those damn ninjas who keep robbing me.

Edit: Damn it, he told a Ninja joke in the first post.
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Krazy_Kirby
12/20/18 11:33:14 AM
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Zeus posted...
Oh great, so now I have to worry about running into ninja gangs while visiting NY!


only if you are late on your sony payments
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StoneRevolver
12/20/18 12:01:18 PM
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Hilarious.
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gguirao
12/20/18 12:58:46 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
Must be pretty strong to chuck a nun... ba-dum-tsh.

Also, when I hear "nunchuks", i don't think Bruce Lee, I think TMNT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBSrocGagM" data-time="&start=19

There's at least one New Yorker who would oppose the ban.
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CarefreeDude
12/20/18 1:49:22 PM
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Smashbros has taught me that Baseball bats are more dangerous than swords, guns, and explosives.
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Oops_All_Berrys
12/20/18 1:54:31 PM
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Swords are okay but you might hurt yourself with nunchuks never got that
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darkknight109
12/20/18 2:06:15 PM
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PakoPako posted...
In combat, due to wind up, nunchaku might be more effective than a baseball bat.

No, trust me, they're not. And that's from someone who's been training with them for 15 years.

I've never understood the nunchaku ban, especially in the US where personal firearms ownership is legal to a ridiculous extent. Nunchaku aren't even the most dangerous weapon in their "family" of traditional Okinawan weapons; if I wanted to cause damage, sai would be my weapon of choice if I wanted portability, with a bo or eku being the better option if that wasn't a necessity. Even a simple cane can cause more damage,

Nunchaku are great for grappling (one of their original uses was as a sort of primitive form of handcuffs), but they're only so-so at best as a bludgeoning tool.
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12/20/18 2:24:02 PM
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SunWuKung420
12/20/18 2:29:24 PM
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Dammit, my illegal nunchuks importing business is going to take a huge hit if this passes.
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Zareth
12/20/18 2:32:33 PM
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Good to know that Michelangelo is no longer a criminal, dudes.
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Zareth
12/20/18 2:34:11 PM
#25:


Mead posted...
VeeVees posted...
Banning exotic weapons is fucking stupid. A simple baseball bat is a more effective weapon.


Tell that to a mutant turtle

Casey Jones already did. And he kicked their asses.
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Oops_All_Berrys
12/20/18 2:35:02 PM
#26:


Zareth posted...
Mead posted...
VeeVees posted...
Banning exotic weapons is fucking stupid. A simple baseball bat is a more effective weapon.


Tell that to a mutant turtle

Casey Jones already did. And he kicked their asses.

A Jose Canseco bat? Tell me... you didn't pay money for this!
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Krazy_Kirby
12/20/18 5:51:19 PM
#27:


Zareth posted...
Good to know that Michelangelo is no longer a criminal, dudes.


isn't he still a vigilante?
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Krazy_Kirby
12/20/18 5:53:11 PM
#28:


Oops_All_Berrys posted...
Swords are okay but you might hurt yourself with nunchuks never got that


might hurt yourself with a sword too. especially a double-edged sword
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VeeVees
12/20/18 8:38:33 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
Zareth posted...
Good to know that Michelangelo is no longer a criminal, dudes.


isn't he still a vigilante?

Do our laws apply to turtles?
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mooreandrew58
12/20/18 8:41:00 PM
#30:


Krazy_Kirby posted...
must be pretty strong to chuck a nun... ba dum tsh.

also when i hear nunchuks i don't think bruce lee, i think tmnt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBSrocGagM" data-time="&start=19


Reminded me that I saw nunchucks once that where Chuck Norris dressed as a nun
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_AdjI_
12/20/18 8:42:30 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
Oops_All_Berrys posted...
Swords are okay but you might hurt yourself with nunchuks never got that


might hurt yourself with a sword too. especially a double-edged sword


What about double-edged swordchucks?
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WarGreymon77
12/21/18 12:23:05 AM
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Absolutely disgraceful that they would ban nunchaku in Michelangelo's hometown.
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Person106
12/21/18 8:35:48 PM
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^
Racism against mutant turtles probably had something to do with it.
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Garlands_Soul
12/21/18 10:12:36 PM
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I took a class on using them when I was like 8. Lived in NY my whole life and didn't know it was illegal.
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WarGreymon77
12/21/18 10:48:52 PM
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This topic just reminds me of April saying "I like to do a little chucking now and then."
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aDirtyShisno
12/21/18 10:50:28 PM
#36:


VeeVees posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
Zareth posted...
Good to know that Michelangelo is no longer a criminal, dudes.


isn't he still a vigilante?

Do our laws apply to turtles?

Was he born on US soil? If yes, then hes an American and of course they do.
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Person106
12/22/18 10:04:33 AM
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This topic reminds me of playing Skitchin' on the Genesis and finding the occasional nunchuks along with other assorted weapons laying in the street.
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Krazy_Kirby
12/23/18 6:16:17 AM
#38:


aDirtyShisno posted...
VeeVees posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
Zareth posted...
Good to know that Michelangelo is no longer a criminal, dudes.


isn't he still a vigilante?

Do our laws apply to turtles?

Was he born on US soil? If yes, then hes an American and of course they do.


it doesn't matter if he is a citizen or not. do you think tourists from other countries don't have to follow our laws?

thats like the stories of idiot american tourists who get outraged when they are arrested for breaking laws in other countries
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