Which is ridiculous because most people who picked up nunchucks would only hurt themselves with it.
nut crackers.
Most weopons legislation since at least US v. Miller has been driven by Hollywood fueled public ignorance.
In Texas fully automatic weapons are legal but owning a knife with a hand guard is a felony. You can parade around town with a AR-15 strapped to your back and be completely legal but if your concealed handgun accidentally shows it’s a misdemeanor.
Weapons laws in general are poorly conceived and often completely illogical. It is such a universal condition in this country that it has to be by design. People really should question the purpose behind that.
Even more ridiculous given that nunchucks were originally created by Asians for threshing rice. Vulnerable farmers learned to use them as weapons.
Years ago, in early 1960s, before the martial arts craze, I described this weapon to a co worker while sitting down at lunch. He laughed and thought it was the most stupid thing he had ever heard of.
Then came THE GREEN HORNET and more Bruce Lee movies and within a few years states were making the nunchuck illegal.
I also mentioned karate and other martial arts forms and everyone just laughed. They had never heard of such a silly thing, not even kick boxing.