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Arizona has finally passed a repeal of its decade long ban on the possession of nunchakus. The ban was passed in the heyday of kung-fu movies. It stood as a monument to the power of the media to pass insanely stupid and intrusive legislation. Governor Ducy signed the bill on 10 May, 2019. From an Arizona Citizens Defense League email: On Friday, May 10, Governor Ducey signed SB 1291, repealing the decades old law that banned possession of nunchakus. We thank everyone who contacted on the Governor about SB 1291. You made a difference. The nunchakus ban was so...

Tuesday Fun Stuff, check out this kid swinging the Nunchuks around. There's instructions on how to swing like this kid, but never mind just check it out here.

In a peculiar but not unprecedented turn of events, an anti-gun control plaintiff lost his case, last month's Nordyke v. King(pdf), but nonetheless managed to elicit a groundbreaking pro-gun rights declaration from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.In deciding that it was OK for California’s Alameda County to bar the possession of guns on county property—a law that quashed a gun show that had long been held on county fairgrounds—the Ninth Circuit affirmed that the Second Amendment does control state and local actions as well as federal ones. That was a step farther than last year's decision in District of...

An Edmonton family is grieving the loss of their middle child today, after the 10-year-old boy was found dead yesterday morning in the family's north-end home. EMS Supt. Wes Bogdane said emergency crews found the boy with a pair of toy nunchuks wrapped around his neck. Nunchuks are a martial arts weapon, made up of two sticks joined by a short length of rope or chain. Paramedics responded to 12720 48 St. shortly after 7:30 a.m. yesterday, and said Christopher White was dead when they got there. The medical examiner's office is investigating the circumstances of the death, and a...

<p>CHICAGO (AP) - A 35-year-old man was arrested at Midway Airport after causing a ruckus on an inbound flight with a martial arts weapon, police said.</p> <p>The unidentified man was aboard Southwest Airlines flight 1233 Thursday when he pulled the weapon from a violin case and began pacing inside the plane.</p>