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Judge knocks down New York's nunchuck ban

A US federal judge has knocked down a New York state law banning nunchucks that dated from the 1970s, when martial arts star Bruce Lee popularized them in his movies by whipping around the twin sticks linked by a chain. District court judge Pamela Chen sided with an amateur martial artist who opposed the ban, reasoning that the right to bear arms, protected by the US constitution, applies not just to firearms but also to nunchucks. The law was challenged by James Maloney, who claimed the ban prevented him from teaching his sons a martial arts form that used nunchucks.

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