NYC nunchuck ruling - why wouldn't this apply to edged weapons as well?

I suspect so, but it will take a court case to prove it with likely movement up the court chain at significant cost.
 
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Mi law says I can carry a handgun concealed. But I can't carry a dagger style otf knife. Some laws are stupid.

Rtba should apply to all weapons. Concealed or not.
 
Maybe the judge thought this. Hey who carry nunckucks these days. Not only that you have to train with them to get proficient. Also who in the hell is going to want to protect themselves with nunckucks. An extendable baton I can see .
 
Laws in NYC are ambiguous by design. You may win in court but it's a hassle. And getting arrested is still going tonstayon your record.
 
This ruling determining that a non-firearm weapon in "common use" and "typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes" is protected by the Second Amendment was well reasoned and correctly decided, in our opinion. As such, it is certainly likely to be cited as a persuasive authority in other non-firearm Second Amendment cases, including those involving knives.

It does not set a binding precedent. Other federal and state courts have decided similar 2A cases involving knives and non-firearm weapons differently. The U.S. Supreme Court in Caetano v. Massachusetts (2106) decided that a stun gun was covered by the Second Amendment.

It does add yet another cite for the notion of knives as arms under the Second Amendment. More on the subject can be found in the law review article "Knives and the Second Amendment" authored by noted Second Amendment scholars Dave Kopel, Clayton Cramer and Joe Olson: https://kniferights.org/legislative-update/knives-and-the-second-amendment-published/

The decision can be read at: https://kniferights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Maloney-v-Rice-Decision-Nunchuks.pdf
 
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