"Parallax" wrote
Is a crossbow considered to be a firearm? Prob not. So.........

No, but it is a "dangerous weapon". A high ranking police official once
laughed at gang bangers carrying "Numb Nuts" sticks because, as "dangerous
weapons" they come under the same laws as firearms - with one major
exception. If you get caught with a gun of dubious legality the NRA might
come to your aid. So, if in doubt, carry the real thing.

What are "Numb Nuts" sticks? Do you mean numchucks?

Doug
s/v Callista

"Vito" wrote in message
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"Parallax" wrote
Is a crossbow considered to be a firearm? Prob not. So.........

No, but it is a "dangerous weapon". A high ranking police official once
laughed at gang bangers carrying "Numb Nuts" sticks because, as "dangerous
weapons" they come under the same laws as firearms - with one major
exception. If you get caught with a gun of dubious legality the NRA might
come to your aid. So, if in doubt, carry the real thing.

"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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What are "Numb Nuts" sticks? Do you mean numchucks?

Yes - quoting the cop. He figured anybody who carried rice flails that'd
get him jail time in LA, vs a baton or gun, was a "numb nut" hence "numb
nuts' sticks".

Whatever a "rice flail" is?

"Vito" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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What are "Numb Nuts" sticks? Do you mean numchucks?

Yes - quoting the cop. He figured anybody who carried rice flails that'd
get him jail time in LA, vs a baton or gun, was a "numb nut" hence "numb
nuts' sticks".

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:10:00 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

Whatever a "rice flail" is?

That's a numchuk, two short lengths of pole joined by a few links of
chain. It's in the fine martial arts tradition of arming the populace
with agricultural tools so that they wouldn't be confiscated by their
overlords.

Karate got its start in Okinawa that way, probably when the samurai
figured out the rice flail ruse G
R.