As I posted on Jan. 30th, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided the case of Maloney v. Cuomo. Jim Maloney (pictured, right) was charged with possession of nunchaku ("nunchucks") in his Long Island, New York home. He challenged the constitutionality of New York's ban on nunchaku possession on 2nd Amendment grounds. But the 2nd … [Read more...]
Can New York Legally Forbid You to Own Nunchucks?
You may know about the Supreme Court's summertime D.C. v. Heller decision, which held that the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the Federal government from making laws which substantially infringe on the rights of individuals to "keep and bear arms," i.e. to carry or own weapons. The Wait a Second! blog reported that on Wednesday, the … [Read more...]
