Chinese Throwing Stars Now Legal?

[Donnelly]

Does anyone know if they have changed the Indiana criminal code lately in regards to Chinese throwing stars? I was at the Markland Mall (a Simon owned property) in Kokomo Wednesday and we looking around at the Nirvana store when lo and behold, I spotted two different models of throwing stars for sale. I mentioned to the wife that I was pretty sure it was still illegal for them to be selling them.

I find it rather ironic that this Simon Mall will ask you to leave if you are legally carrying a firearm but tolerate a vendor to sell illegal weapons on their property.

Anyone wish to weigh in on this?

 

[jeremy]

To the best of my knowledge they are still illegal here...

 

[cubby]

Still illegal.

 

[MrYesterday]

They sell them at the fairs and stuff all of the time. I think they're one of many things that they may be able to sell, but you can't legally buy and carry/use. lol

 

[Lammchop93]

Nirvana sells quite a bit of illegal items from what I've noticed at the Green Tree Mall in Clarksville, IN

 

[Davegrave]

God it makes me mad to see any simple implement made illegal. A throwing star. It's a hunk of metal that's sharp in spots not unlike a fork, or a knife...Why do we tolerate being told that we can't have that?
Same with Lawn Darts. Illegal on a federal, A FREAKING FEDERAL, level. Darts are fine, spears are fine, rifles are fine, knives are fine, I can walk down the street with 15 loaded pistols openly and concealed and I'm within the law. But a giant dart you throw into dirt? No, oh Christ no, I can't be trusted with that! What if someone gets hurt.

I understand explosives and chemical compounds and things that can be dangerous to masses of people beyond the control of a basic user.

But no simple implement should be banned from adult ownership and use. What's next? No rocks in my yard? No baseball bats in my garage?
Jesus what's the matter with people?

 

[singlestacksig]

IC 35-47-5-12
"Chinese throwing star" defined; related offenses
Sec. 12. (a) A person who:
(1) manufactures;
(2) causes to be manufactured;
(3) imports into Indiana;
(4) keeps for sale;
(5) offers or exposes for sale; or
(6) gives, lends, or possesses;
a Chinese throwing star commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) As used in this section, "Chinese throwing star" means a throwing-knife, throwing-iron, or other knife-like weapon with blades set at different angles.
As added by P.L.318-1985, SEC.2.

 

[MrYesterday]

Just like a knife fired by a charge is legal, and one fired by a spring is illegal, none of it seems rational to me.

 

[MrYesterday]

IC 35-47-5-12
"Chinese throwing star" defined; related offenses
Sec. 12. (a) A person who:
(1) manufactures;
(2) causes to be manufactured;
(3) imports into Indiana;
(4) keeps for sale;
(5) offers or exposes for sale; or
(6) gives, lends, or possesses;
a Chinese throwing star commits a Class C misdemeanor.

The only thing NOT on that list is "looks at".

 

[Mgderf]

The only thing NOT on that list is "looks at".

YET!

Fixed it for ya.

 

[printcraft]

Markland Mall you say...........

That's about 10 minutes from home...... crap, never mind, they closed at 9.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

God it makes me mad to see any simple implement made illegal. A throwing star. It's a hunk of metal that's sharp in spots not unlike a fork, or a knife...Why do we tolerate being told that we can't have that?
Same with Lawn Darts. Illegal on a federal, A FREAKING FEDERAL, level. Darts are fine, spears are fine, rifles are fine, knives are fine, I can walk down the street with 15 loaded pistols openly and concealed and I'm within the law. But a giant dart you throw into dirt? No, oh Christ no, I can't be trusted with that! What if someone gets hurt.

I understand explosives and chemical compounds and things that can be dangerous to masses of people beyond the control of a basic user.

But no simple implement should be banned from adult ownership and use. What's next? No rocks in my yard? No baseball bats in my garage?
Jesus what's the matter with people?

Metal lawn darts are nationally-banned?

In response to your exceptions, which I've yet to find reading the Constitution, why are they beyond the control of a basic user?
Just as with ALL other hazardous materials in this world - and there many of them, most no more complicated than bleach nor nail polish remover,
proper precautions and a healthy respect for what you're working with goes a long way toward proper use.
Also, which chemicals? Water is a "chemical." Oxygen is a "chemical." Everything is a chemical or a chemical compound or mixture of some kind:
which ones should Government protect us from? It makes no sense. I'd accept some risk from everyone having almost anything the world,
and the few things I would be uneasy with most people having are not explosives or corrosives at all, which I'm guessing - just guessing, is what you were referring to.
I'd be uneasy with dioxins and PCBs and chromium-6 being available to people, for the sole reason that you cannot limit your exposure to them once they've reached your water supply; but if my neighbor feels like doing his house in plastique stucco, that's his choice.

He's not going to intentionally detonate his own property; no sane person would, nor would I worry about the vast majority. And for the few who would detonate their own houses on accident or maliciously - there's nothing to stop them now, look at meth houses. They take down whole city blocks at a time, with "non-explosive" "chemicals".
If the Government can have it, I should be able to have it.

 

[Davegrave]

Metal lawn darts are nationally-banned?

Lawn darts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes sir. It's not illegal if you have some still. But it is illegal, I believe to sell or give them away, or to get them from someone else.

I may be wrong on some of that, it's been a while since I looked it up thoroughly.

 

[printcraft]

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Lawn darts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes sir. It's not illegal if you have some still. But it is illegal, I believe to sell or give them away, or to get them from someone else.

I may be wrong on some of that, it's been a while since I looked it up thoroughly.

Oh wow, I hate Goverment. Good job saving us from ourselves, CPSC!
Three kids died due to negligence in throwing them, and now we're banned from doing the one outdoor activity I enjoyed as a kid? Wow.

 

[rnmcguire]

Throwing stars? Really? Lmao, the funny thing is they wouldn't stock them unless they were selling them.

 

[Bill of Rights]

IC 35-47-5-12
"Chinese throwing star" defined; related offenses
Sec. 12. (a) A person who:
(1) manufactures;
(2) causes to be manufactured;
(3) imports into Indiana;
(4) keeps for sale;
(5) offers or exposes for sale; or
(6) gives, lends, or possesses;
a Chinese throwing star commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) As used in this section, "Chinese throwing star" means a throwing-knife, throwing-iron, or other knife-like weapon with blades set at different angles.
As added by P.L.318-1985, SEC.2.

I don't follow knife law as closely as I do gun law, so I've not given this a lot of thought, but just curious: Given the definition above, would a tomahawk (i.e. designed for throwing) fall into this definition?

Blessings,
Bill

 

[HICKMAN]

nothin more fun as a kid than throwing lawn darts up in the air and running like hell....

well, except for BB gun wars, lol

 

[MrYesterday]

I don't follow knife law as closely as I do gun law, so I've not given this a lot of thought, but just curious: Given the definition above, would a tomahawk (i.e. designed for throwing) fall into this definition?

Blessings,
Bill

This one I know. No, a tomahawk is perfectly legal. In most cases, it's a singular blade, or a blade, and a piercing point. Strange thing is, a few throwing knives fall into this definition, and yet are still somehow legal. It's all confusing.

 

[Knife Lady]

I sell throwing knives which are perfectly legal. They are doubled edged but do not have any "different angles". It is crazy but it is still the law. So far.