San Diego military vets challenge California's weapon ban on batons

[Zorro]

A recent wave of court decisions around the country have recognized the constitutional right of citizens to possess arms such as daggers, nunchucks and Tasers for self-defense, and now a pair of San Diego military veterans are challenging California’s ban on another weapon: the baton.

Striking weapons such as billy clubs, blackjacks, leaded canes and saps — described in a 1923 San Diego Union story as “weapons of the holdup man or thug” — have been outlawed in some form or other in the state since at least 1917.

“The Legislature obviously sought to condemn weapons common to the criminal’s arsenal,” a California appellate court wrote about the ban of such weapons in a 1965 ruling.

The law’s only exception extends to peace officers and certain licensed security guards who obtain a state baton permit.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2019-09-08/san-diego-military-vets-challenge-californias-weapon-ban-batons

How very curious. Batons are prohibited from possession by ordinary citizens, but...

[krispos42]

1. Guns are too dangerous for people to own...

...use something that is far less lethal and with a much shorter range!

Oh, by the way, we've banned the far less lethal and shorter range weapons too.

Try harsh language.