Whether New York’s ban on possessing nunchucks violates a Port Jefferson attorney’s Second Amendment rights is a question for trial, a federal judge ruled.
Eastern District Judge Pamela Chen denied motions for summary judgment filed by both parties in Maloney v. Singas, 03-cv-00786. In her May 22 decision, she said neither party persuaded her as to whether nunchucks are “in common use today” or used for lawful purposes and thus protected under the Second Amendment.
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