The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has returned a verdict in this case, and they’ve found that New York’s ban on nunchaku does not violate the 2nd Amendment.
No word yet as to how this effects chigiriki, shuriken or tonfa.
OK, I’ll be nice. The story is that James Maloney was arrested on 08/24/2000 for possession of nunchaku, a misdemeanor in New York. The weapons charge was dismissed the following January, and Maloney pled guilty of disorderly conduct.
In 2003, Maloney filed a complaint alleging that the seizure of his weapon violated the 2nd Amendment. Though the Supreme Court found in District of Columbia v. Heller (pdf of decision) that Washington’s categorical ban on handguns was unconstitutional, the question of incorporation remains.