Correlated nunchucks
ZH clickbaits a rather unusual "ruling" by a Federal blackrobed demon. The demon decided that nunchucks couldn't be entirely prohibited.

If we still had a Constitution, this "ruling" wouldn't have been conceivable let alone possible. The obsolete 1787 document was CRYSTAL CLEAR on the subject. EVERY tool or thing or method that could POSSIBLY be used for self-defense MUST be allowed. People MUST be able to possess and carry EVERY defense tool. The obsolete document was NOT talking about guns, it was talking about ANY WEAPON AT ALL. So there's no need for a demon to select and filter the permissible tools. ALL tools are permitted.

Under the original common-law system, bad state laws were not meant to be overturned by Federal demons; they were meant to be overturned by juries. If a law is bad, competent juries will refuse to convict anyone, thus nulling out the bad intent of the evil state legislature. Sooner or later state persecutors would get tired** of losing every case, and would instruct the legislature to alter the law.

In this particular "decision" the demon rationally cited the simple fact that nunchucks are not a practical weapon. Nobody uses them to kill or rob. The plaintiff found a statistic showing that nunchucks had been involved in "incidents" only 56 times in the last 45 years, roughly once a year.

Does this agree with Spokane, where weird weapons are the norm?

Meth induces a lot of swinging and twirling motions. Female meth addicts apply this set of motions to clothing and blankets, often appearing to do a strip-tease or ribbon gymnastics. Male meth addicts like to swing and twirl swords and machetes and hatchets.

Checking the Spokane News FB page, which enjoys reporting on weird weapons, I find only three nunchuck incidents. One in 2014, one in 2015, one in 2018.



About one per year. Pretty much in sync with the statistic used by the plaintiff.

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** The old system still works in self-defense cases. A few years ago a Spokane persecutor got a bug up his ass about self-defense and tried to impose alien NYC psychosis on the comparatively sane civilization here. He pushed three cases and got nullified three times. He gave up, didn't run for re-election. Since then, persecutors have carefully avoided self-defense cases, letting the police make the decision.

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