Probably one of the most effective blunt force weapons I have seen carried by criminals is the skateboard, and one of the most effective stabbing weapons carried by criminals is a screwdriver. The reason I mention it is because outlawing other blunt force weapons and many stabbing weapons had never made sense to me. The bad guy will always find a way to carry an effective weapon that cannot be declared illegal.

Blackjack is the most dumb weapon ever banned. Maybe later theyll lock you up for keeping your batteries too close to your socks?

Stephen Colbert said it best about nunchaku: If someone tries to mug you with a nunchaku, there's a 50/50 chance you'll walk away with the mugger's watch.

" Banned " but you can buy everything in the video all over the internet or just about any army surplus store.

For nunchuks I was always told the ban had less to do with them being a dangerous weapon and more to do with them being an easy way for kids to hurt themselves. Similar to the ban on lawn darts.

When I was in the first grade Nina turtles were huge. My dad made me some nunchucks that I took to school and my teacher not only let me use them at recess but encouraged me to present them for show and tell. Amazing how times have changed.

The most dangerous weapon a nunchuck user could ever face, was their own nunchuks!!!

In re nunchaku, or "numchuks" as we used to call them... when I was maybe 10 years old, my buddy and I wanted to be ninjas. So I made nunchaku out of pieces I cut from a broom handle, and a length of rope. I have *never* *ever* received a more brutal beatdown than the one I gave myself while teaching myself those fancy moves. I had to convince my parents I hadn't been in a real fight!

I was "detained " at all mall and the cop told the mall security to give me my batton back as it was NOT illegal. That's America

Years back we had a neighbor kid around 16 or so that would walk past with numchuks and tease our dogs. We lived out in the country and our closest neighbor was about a half mile away. We had 500 acres across the road and 270 behind us with our lawn enclosed with a five foot tall fence and our house in the center. We had a German Shepard and a doberman and both were bought and trained at a K9 training center that had a good reputation. This kid would walk all the way over to our house just to mess with our dogs, striking our fence with his numchuks. One day we were sitting out front and he walked up and started, I told him that every time I see him doing this I would let the dogs out. He thought it was funny and kept it up, he told me that he would kill both my dogs if I ever let them out. I told him that i'm willing if he was. I told him that I had complete faith in the dogs and that the nearest tree was a quarter mile away so good luck. Well lets just say it didn't go well for him and he ended up need the paramedics, plus we had everything he did that summer on video for mom and dad.

Actually Nunchucks are not banned in the UK. They are classed as offensive weapons so you can get in trouble for brandishing them on the street or carrying them without a good reason (like traveling to a martial arts class).

I got charged with possessing nunchuku. The case was dismissed when I pointed out to the magistrate that you could buy them in a shop just a few hundred meters from the court building. 😂

I have a strange memory of clackers being considered deadly and banned. It is simply a string with metal balls at each end. A ring in the string halfway that allowed you to "clack".

In Germany Nunchakus are banned because of the capability of strangling someone to death... In the shelter I have a bunch of ropes, around 2-3 meters (~6.5-10 ft) so yeah.... If I wanted to strangle someone to death, these would be much more practical than nunchakus

Used to live in a neighborhood with loose, aggressive dogs. I was attacked on average, once a year. Used an expandable baton and the dogs seemed to immediately grasp the "reach" of the weapon and would stay out of range. Switching to nunchaku, I was able to hit several dogs. I believe it was because the dog estimated my "reach" to be only one of the legs of the nunchaku. And of course, my "reach" was more than twice an long. Later switched to pepper spray. Shot several dogs with pepper spray. I never was bit. My neighbors couldn't say that.

It’s fucking hilarious that some states would have constitutional carry laws for guns but make certain knives n sword canes illegal. Im pro gun n pro knife..pro weapon in general, but I just think that ban logic is beyond idiotic.

A blackjack isn't just a "sack you fill with anything" Its usaully filled with lead fishing weights. I used to have one that was a spring one solid wieght at the end and would leave a deep dent in a wooden table. Could easily crack a skull.

Mythbusters did a segment that showed Nunchaku are not as effective as one would think. I think the flexible middle killed a lot of the mass inertia and the hit wasn't as hard as a straight baton.

In Australia, where everything is banned, rondel daggers and bollock daggers are banned (at least in NSW) but long swords are legal to own.

Weapon control is not about wapons, its about control

the guy hitting the tires could absolutely destroy that pretty boy who was twirling them around

Nunchackus are banned here in Germany as well; I had the luck to be able to train in another country with it and it is an awesome training for the upper body and of course your coordination. Here they were formerly called "Würgehölzer", literally Strangling Woods", which my father (police officer) back in the 90ies explained to me to be the reason for them being banned. The german law system had appearently seen them as a tool to only strangle people. Well... I could be wrong of course, but I'd still prefer a normal string or wire for that though 😂

The point of a weapon is to injure someone. The government does not have the right to tell you that they are the only people allowed to carry a weapon.

The I can recollect, the local newspaper reported that New York lifted the ban on nunchucks. I’ve noticed that the majority of weapons bans tend to target items which are generally more effective as last ditch defensive weapons, more than anything else? Like, a collapsible baton, for instance, is more viably useful in being a better than ‘nothing at all’ equalizer in the advent of someone getting mugged or jumped, but probably not generally going to be first choice of weapons for someone intending to criminally use it offensively. Frankly, I think the heaviest, longest, brightest and most durable flashlight you can muster to comfortably carry in a side leg pocket is probably just as, or more effective than either, previously mentioned, and a whole lot more useful generally, otherwise, too.

Maybe the lawmaker hit his own head too many times so he rightfully recognizes the threat a nunchaku poses to the wielder.

Shuriken. They are banned in many countries because they are apparently super dangerous. But whilst nunchaku are at least deadly when used by a very skilled person, even a well thrown shuriken is more of a distraction or nuisance than a lethal weapon.

Soon one’s fists and feet will be illegal…………………………

When I was in Junior High School, I asked my mom to sew a pocket on the inside of all my jackets, so I can carry my Nunchuks to school. She was a seamstress, so she jumped right on it. That was soooo sweet!

the last sentence is hilarious, that means Bruce Lee is a ninja turtle🤣

Here in Canada you can buy and carry collapsible batons, sword canes and sap gloves. And you can purchase Balisongs. And you can also buy rubber, practice Nunchaku.

I own a few telescopic batons, brass knuckles, nunchukus, a slap jack, a few auto opening knives, a cane sword, and many other weapons that are illegal in many other places, none of which are illegal in the state of Texas, though. I'm very well trained in the batons and nunchukus because I was required to be in order to carry them as my intermediate weapon as a cop, but Texas is pretty lenient on most weapons that aren't firearms, and they're pretty lenient on those as well.

It's all about taking the natural right to defend ourselves and family in order to make us dependent on government for our well-being. I'm grateful for my US constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Leave it to government to take away a citizen's right to self defense.

Damn so weird. The Telescopic Baton is illegal in germany, but here in hamburg, germany, you can buy it at a lot of stores. Never bought one so I don't know if they're just decorative or not. But I remember when I was a teen around 13-17 years old, lots of friends from a certain friends grp had one. So the legality was always unclear for me ..

Nunchucks are to train your weapon dex and the skill is carried forward to better understand how to use a 3 section staff. Nunchuck itself is not a reliable weapon because it requires too much skill with tactical knowledge to use practically so don't bother.

Its crazy the U.S. bans any of those weapons when firearms are legal and much more dangerous

It's funny how batons are illegal but single-bladed knives are not.

So basically ban a black jack but not a baseball bat? Also cane swords you can regularly buy in the United States I use to have a cold steel cane sword. It's just illegal to walk around with it in a lot of cities I believe. Numchucks or however you spell it you can buy in NY in a lot of stores just not in NYC that I know of.

in switzerland you can/must own an assault riffle but a kubotan us forbidden

With that cane/sword, I'm going by the fact that a blade has been revealed is more than enough for potential attackers to think twice about committing crime. As for the Nunchaku, this should be at the top of the list of weapons that have been authorised by certain companies (martial arts schools and so on) even then it's use must be restricted, nothing 'cool' about getting hit, disabled or killed by it - worth noting.

weapon bans are a state by state thing in america, in the state i live in right now, tennessee, the law says we can carry any bladed weapon we want, concealed or open. also it would have been good to include the wasp injection knife

The only one I saw on this list that’s actually illegal is the ballistic knife.😂 the rest depend on the state you’re in. In fact I own 3 of the items on this list myself and they’re all legal in my state except the ballistic knife.

Everything in this video and more are legal to own and carry here in Texas. But man buns are not permitted.

At one time in the UK, I believe it was even illegal to show nunchaku being used on TV or in movies - so films like Enter the Dragon were not available on home video in its original format.

All of these weapons are legal in the US 🇺🇸

This is why I would never live in New York or California. Nunchaku was always a doorway for me to the world of Bruce Lee and martial. I wouldn't ever use it against a living thing, but I'm proud of my expertise, earned with the sacrifice of two lamp shades.

The reason Nunchaku were banned, as far as I was told is because you can get them around the neck and use the handles to compress and crush the larynx and cervical vertebrae, or from the sides use them to compress the jugular and carotid.

I love nunchucks. I bought a metal pair that form a staff from a import store. My favorite antique. They are 20 years plus now.

7:32 If I see someone with nunchaku, I'm going to laugh, not run.

Real question. Do these bans affected criminals' adquisition prower in any significant way? Has any ban on similar devices done it? If anything to my belief seem to rule on favor of supply and demand in unregistered stores. Anyways. Criminals don't care.

Well, at least I can still legally own a flamethrower.

Blackjack: illegal Nunchaku: illegal Collapsing Baton: illegal Baseball Bat: this is fine

I wish i could learn to handle a nunchaku, i practice Muay Thai and is an amazing martial art, but i wish i could learn to handle some Asian weapons.

Nunchaku are definitely not banned here in America. Ive had several pairs threw out my entire life. From up north to down south I can walk the streets with them and openly practice using them in the fields or sidewalks. Once being pulled over and asked if I had any weapons. The cop was much more worried about the 6foot python hanging around my neck than he was about the chucks and sword I told him was in the back seat. In Hind sight , it's probably a good thing I did not mention the mini crossbow under my driver's seat

Anything at all that is used as a weapon in Australia is banned. If you defend yourself against an attacker with a spoon you will be charged.

Many sword canes are twist offs, which makes fighting with them a bit difficult. Aristocrat says, "Wait, I have to unscrew my sword cane. Then, you can attack me."

I've never heard of a blackjack but would that make quite alot of people criminals just for dropping some nickels in a sock.

The ballistic knife was invented in the Soviet Union and not the U.S as stated here. the USSR gave their special forces these knives during the late 1970's :)

us: you can buy a 50 cal sniper rifle also us: a blackjack? slow down there, thats dangerous

The reason for the nunchucku ban is because they seem to be a simple weapon like a baseball bat, but one that most can’t wield, different from a sword in that way, but in the hands of a master, anyone that comes close to you, you snapping bones. True it’s unlike a gun or ranged weapon in anyway, it’s unconstitutional that they are banning guns, but there’s the hidden lethality there with the nunchucku, and the visual disincentive to engage. If your walking down the street w nunchucku, everyone should know your not one to be messed with. You wouldn’t be carrying those things if you didn’t know to defeat everyone you know with your hands. If someone’s trained in nunchucks, you know they are already a badass

I'm pretty sure the ussr made the ballistic knife first

The USA is not the world

I was a kid when I first started self learning the nun-chucks in mid 70's. I was told then that it was a federal offense when 2 police officers, one with holstered gun vs other with nun-chucks did a combat. At start given, the nun-chucks cop hit the other cop's draw hand before unholstering then hit his head. It was realized then it was a deadly weapon against a cop.

Practicing with nunchakus Will make you feel like you’ve been in the ring with Jackie Chan

A weapon not mentioned in the Tonfa. The police type and the martial arts original. Back in the day, I ordered from Black Belt magazine this weapon called, " jutte ". I had two of those bad boys and used to bring them to school. Wish I never traded them for a set of sparkomatic 6x9s.

Time to ban hammers ,mallets ,rolling pins ,screwdrivers, kitchen knives, chainsaws ,jack handles,brooms ,pickaxe handles ,fence posts ,long nails ,coat hangers ,knitting needles ,fishing rods ,garden forks ,cricket bats, golf clubs ,bicycle pumps , nail guns ,circular saws ,heavy books , and basically anything you can pick up .Fresh fruit " come on ,come at me with that banana!" ( Monty Python)

In the theme of this video... When I deployed to Vietnam in 67, I brought my Sears camp hatchet. BUT had to register it as a weapon. Going into a war zone, I had to have paperwork for a camp hatchet?

You're not gonna find King Charles walking alone in a dark Manchester Alley on Saturday 3AM swinging his mom's cake slicer.

They’ re trying to take away our Ninja dreams, because one thing is for sure…wielding a pair of Nunchakus will make you feel like a Ninja Turtle HAHAHAHA 😅😅😅😅

In my country you get authorisation to use any weapon related to a martial art if you practice it officially

I had a pair of nunchaku that were made of some heavy wood. I used it as another fun workout for my forearms and for hand coordination and feel. Just diversifying my ability to coordinate my body, good forearm workout after a while, and I felt like Michaelangelo from the TMNT.

I lost my Nun-Chucks from getting pulled over with a bad tail light on my bike. I got charged with having a 'dangerous weapon" even though my hand was in a cast. A super smart old German friend of ours asked them 1000 wild questions afterwards because it wasn't technically illegal.

Fun fact that Telescopic Baton even with flashlight or tazer is totally legal in use in Poland it's self defence tool and can be bought in almost every shop with those type of tools and internet

Since most people can't actually fight with a nunchaku, and most crack their own heads open the first time they try. Its not necessary to make it illegal, because most give up after finding out that spinning one is not the same as hitting with one.

Nunchuku are the worst weapon. You're almost as likely to hit yourself as your opponent. Even if you do manage to hit your opponent, at that moment, you lose control of the striking stick because now it's bouncing off of your opponent to who know's what trajectory. It takes you a few moments to get the weapon back under control before you can use it again. Then there's also the fact that the striking power is actually LESS than if you just had a solid stick of the same diameter. Why? Because of the chain, you can't put your own body weight/momentum behind the strike. You can add force by making it swing as fast as you can, but the upward force is limited by the mass of the single stick you strike with. You can't put weight behind it.

Nunchaku used to be banned in Arizona a few years ago, but not for the reason you'd think. It was because they "could be used as a strangulation device." They eventually got rid of the ban, but it oddly took like 3 attempts to pass, even though everyone thought it was fucking stupid. Also, if you have the choice between a nice stick and chuks, USE STICK!!!

Most bans on melee weapons have more to do with public perception than they do with any extra danger. The idea that a spring-operated knife is somehow more dangerous than an old-fashioned lockback simply because it can be deployed more quickly, for instance. The vast majority of civilians don't know the first thing about knife-fighting, so either knife is equally dangerous (or equally useless, depending on how you're looking at it) in the hands of your average jagoff.

Nunchuks the Michangelo of TMNT If they have two wooden drum sticks they could be the drummer of an band. And everyone knows the drummer is often the toughest band member

It's ridiculous for the US to ban any weapon when owning and carrying a gun is legal.

I'd reckon the only reason one would ban nunchuks is because it's so easy to injure yourself with it.

I was about 12 or 13 years old in the early 1990s. A friend of mine gave me one of those. I happily enjoyed practising. Then an older man approached and took the Nunchuks from my hands and I was surprised he just took them away. I rarely remember growing up, so I mustve forgotten about that memory and have recently started wondering why and been thinking to ask him why.

Stupid bans. Axes, hammers, saws, shovels... are perfectly legal. And cause a hell of lot more damage.

Because as a decent weapon, nunchucks are worse than a stick.

I remember when my sensei taught me how to use te nunchaku, I thought it would be boring and one day while practicing in my room I lost control and cracked a hole in my wall, that made me reconsider...

I have Nunchuks that my father brought back from Hong Kong many years ago..they are steel and at first glance look like a pole until they are unscrewed. That and also brass knuckle dusters and a throwing star

i remember playing a lot with friend with nunchakus, from that i propably never saw them again, so weird

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”

Seems like it's a pretty common thing for governments to ban weapons just to seem like they are doing something about crime while mostly ignoring it. Criminals don't care, but it sure does take away any possibility for a law abiding person to defend themselves.

The Sap or blackjack IS banned in Canada, but the CN and CP Rail Police were exempt from that ban at least up until the late 80's. They may STILL be exempt but I don't know for certain. Clipping someone on the base of the skull was a fast and efficient means of rendering a person unconscious, BUT a slight miscalculation could lead to a lethal skull fracture, and it tales surprisingly little effort to achieve either effect. That and it's ease of concealment was the reason for the ban in Canada at least. The weighted "Monkey Fist" knot is another item classed along with the sap as a banned weapon in Canada. A friend of mine had a book on Nunchaku techniques for riot police. The book was published in the 70's and Unfortunately I don't recall what country it was from initially. I assume the Nunchaku were adopted by the riot police due to intimidation factor along with effectiveness as a baton.

How ridiculous! These weapons are only banned from law abiding citizens, but violent thugs can carry them and use them. Governments don’t want the law abiding to hurt the violent criminals as they assault you.

A few facts: Bruce Lee said he prevers empty hand and in a real fight he wont use a Nunchaku. All this twirling MamboJambo he shows was only for the screen, and today it became a kind of gymnastics item, 100 % twirling and show but 0 % effectiveness. Thats why these "Experts" use thin and light Nunchakus you can move very fast and without the danger of self harming but they dont have enough impact for to kill a fly. Real Weapon Nunchaku are heavy and slow and cant be used as a twirling toy. A story my former grandmaster tolds us at seminar: Once he was in the Phillipines and two australian Nunchaku "Experts" (means tournament twirling champions) were there too and gets real wooden Nunchaku as gifts from the Filipino Martial Arts GM. So these "Experts" were ask for to show some tricks. They stratet to twirl and a few seconds later one was knocked out by his Nunchaku and the other one kneels down with a bloddy heady injury. These Champions never had a real Nunchaku in their hands before but were "Australian Nunchaku Champions"... In germany Nunchakus were banned bec as a "Strangle wood" (thats the original translation), not as a punching/hitting item. Its bec you can use the chain against the throat. Like a Garotte. In my decades of Martial Arts and esp in FMA where you get teached fight with and against weapons i learned that a Nunchaku or a telescope stick is only good against unexperienced and/or not really serious attackers. To defend against a TS is same like a normal stick or a light metalstick, its beginners program in Modern Arnis. The Nunchaku has many weak points and is not as effectife like a baton, you cant block properly or stab. Its a nice movie weapon but for real use you have to forget this show elements. I ask another FMA Grandmaster how to work against a Nunchaku (bec i was that impressed from Lee and as a kid i made Nunchaku and try to twirl, of course) and this 10th degree GM answers "Like a chain attack. Not like an attack with a stick." And i understand the system about. Does nobody ask themselve why no gangs,Antifa or arabs use Nunchaku when it is THAT usefull like in the movies? Because its NOT.

I had a steel chucks. trained until I go strike between the eyes above nose. still had the scar.

So the common factor for most of these is that they risk hurting the wielder more than the oppenent, or they can be concealed in a way that criminals could take advantage of.

Telescoping batons are not prohibited here in Canada. noonchawk, the U is silent (and there is no plural).

The first one is what Arnold used in the movie Commando... I always wondered... Until today!! Thanks lol

The fun part is that all these can be beater by a stick, which is perfectly legal.

One thing I like about the United States is that very few things can be banned federally

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a nunchaku is a good guy with a nunchaku.

I'm glad that I have nunchucks since I'm a student in martial arts such as Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Arts. Yes they are dangerous and I remember one time when I was 18 and I was walking around my apartment complex with nunchuks, someone decided to call the police on me because I have nunchuks and the police came and told me that they're illegal but lucky for me, they couldn't take it because I'm a student in martial arts and to this day I still have them even though as they said that they're illegal here in the state of Florida

Nunchaku was banned in Australia because the number of people getting injured from fooling around with it