So Technically, If You Were A Kid In 1973 In Ca., You'd Be A Felon IF...
...you were caught with a pair of "broomstick" nunchaku under your bed.
Scanned from the December, 1973 issue of Black Belt magazine. Retarded law courtesy of CA Attorney General Evelle J. Younger. Making a pair of "broomstick chucks" in your garage would constitute "felony manufacture of an illegal weapon" and simply having them in your room would constitute "felony possession."
Even a book "Nunchaku: Karate Weapon of Self Defense" by Fumio Demura was made unavailable for sale in CA. You remember them, the state that says "free expression" and "free press" are more important than anything and would never ban the sale of a book such as "The Communist Manifesto."
Apparently the irony of a weapon that was developed and incorporated into Okinawan fighting systems as a result of a "ban on weapons" was completely lost on the California legislature and the Attorney Generals office in 1973.
Eventually an exemption to the law would be made for "registered karate schools" but the 1973 law remains in effect. Probably a good thing because one can only imagine the horror if LA street gangs traded in their illegal guns and knives for two sticks tied together by a rope or chain.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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Originally Posted by montanadave
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