Cuomo, 554 F.3d 56 (2009), the panel considered (as relevant here) a claim by a New York attorney that a state law prohibiting possession of a chuka stick (also known as nunchaku, a device used in martial arts consisting of two sticks joined by a rope or chain) violated his Second Amendment right to bear arms. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Another novel feature of the Maloney case is that it is not a challenge to the constitutionality of a gun control law; rather, it targets a New York state law on weapons control, so far as that law applies to a "chuka stick" (or "nunchaku"). ❋ Scotusblog.com (2009)
I thought a zoobow was the same thing as nunchaku, but I could bewrong. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The semicolon use suggests that it is (or is very similar to) nunchaku. ❋ Unknown (2010)
There are shurikens thrown with gatling gun-like speed and rapidity, at least one limb severed for every minute of screen time and some wicked-looking choreography involving katanas and a kusarigama (the new nunchaku, you heard it here first). ❋ Unknown (2009)
Similarly, the statute refers to “knuckles of any substance” that can be “put to the same use with the same or similar effect” as metallic knuckles; nunchaku, zoobow “or any similar weapon” configured with two sticks connected by rope, chain, or wire; and shuriken or “any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown.” ❋ Unknown (2010)
The use of semicolons would suggest that a zoobow is a form of or alternative name for nunchaku. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Edit: Looking at the statute again, it looks like they mention nunchaku and zoobows in the same set, suggesting any weapon made by fastening two sticks together with wire, rope, etc. would be banned. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But any movie that pits our hero against President Richard Nixon in a nunchaku fight wins, simple as that. ❋ Unknown (2009)
What "American Ninja" does continue to bring to the table is harmless fun that reminds me of a time when a pair of black pajamas and homemade nunchaku were all it took to keep me entertained for hours. ❋ Unknown (2009)
He'll show his silhouette and then he'll use the nunchaku, showing off his skills, but he uses the ThunderTank mostly. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Perhaps the legislature can restrict all firearms so long as they permit some kind of “arms” to be carried — nunchaku perhaps? ❋ Unknown (2010)
Zoobow is just another name for a nunchaku – courtesy of THR (The HighRoad). ❋ Unknown (2010)
Two years ago this month, I did a post called The Difference Between a Good Day and a Bad Day, regarding Lee Barden doing a martial arts demo using flaming nunchaku. ❋ Steve Perry (2010)
“Damn straight,” she said, swinging her shiny weapons like nunchaku. ❋ Dia Reeves (2010)
So far my gaming groups have had the good grace not to use shuriken and nunchaku and katanas and all that unless you are playing an Oriental character; this is D&D not Rifts. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Note, please, that I am not saying the man is not skilled with the nunchaku. ❋ Steve Perry (2010)
