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<br />agency for authorized use in police work, <br />any brass kuckles, cestus, billy, <br />blackjack, sandbag, switchblade knife, <br />springblade knife, gravity knife and/or <br />spring loaded weapon capable of <br />propelling a knife or knifelike <br />projectile, including, but not limited to <br />a ballistic knife (sometimes referred to <br />commonly as a KGB knife) or other similar <br />weapons and/or advanced martial arts <br />weapons including but not limited tö <br />shurikan (throwing star), nunchuck, <br />sword, knife, staff, tonfa, kama, and sai <br />and/or other similar weapons. <br /> <br />This paragraph does not apply to <br />the possession and/or use of advanced <br />martial art'S weapons on the premises of a <br />recognized martial arts school or during <br />the time said weapons are being <br />transported directly to or from said <br />premises. <br /> <br />(2 ) <br />(3 ) <br /> <br />(b) As used in paragraph (a) (1) <br />fOllowing designated martial arts <br />defined as follows: <br /> <br />hereof, <br />weapons <br /> <br />the <br />are <br /> <br />(1) "Nunchuck" - two pieces of hardwood <br />sticks, generally equal in size and <br />weight, held together by a piece of <br />string, leather or chain. <br />(2) IISword" - a weapon with a long blade for <br />cutting or thrusting designed, <br />manufactured or marketed as a martial <br />arts weapon. <br />(3) "Knife" - a weapon consisting of a single <br />or double edged sbort blade for cutting <br />or throwing and designed, manufactured or <br />marketed as a martial arts weapon. <br />(4) "Staff" - a hardwood stick the size of <br />which can vary from two to six feet in <br />length which can be used to strike, to <br />block, to jab, to hold and throw an <br />opponent. <br />(5) "Tonfa" - a hardwood shaft which measures <br />about 17 inches in length with a handle <br />approximately 4 1/2 inches in length <br />affixed to the shaft. <br />(6..) "Kama" - an instrument consisting of a <br />handle with a long curved single edged <br />bLade affixed at the end of the handle. <br />(7) 'ISai'l - a piece of steel or heavy metal <br />that is approximately 12 inches in length <br />with a pointed or ,blunted end and two <br />prongs that extend down from the blade to <br />form a handle and a protection for <br />strikes. <br /> <br />(c) Whoever violates this section <br />unlawful tranactions in weapons. <br />subsections (a) (1) or (2) hereof is <br />of the second degree. Violation <br />(a) (3) hereof is a misdemeanor <br />degree. <br /> <br />is guilty of <br />Violations of <br />a misdemeanor <br />of subsection <br />of the fourth <br /> <br />2 <br />