of Shuriken and throwing stars

Rich · 18th October 2006, 10:50 AM

I believe the terminology is incorrect. A shuriken is a straight, small knife.
A throwing star is properly termed a "shaken" I think. We went thru this
terminology thing here (Virginia) a couple years ago when our astute
legislators decided to outlaw carry and possesion of "Ninja weapons" as
being a dangerous public safety issue. Of course there are NO recorded
cases in the police records of anyone being assaulted by shaken, shuriken,
numchuks, etc. There are known cases of idiots hitting themselves in the
head causing serious injury with numchuks :-)

Rich

18th October 2006, 10:50 AM	#3
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	I believe the terminology is incorrect. A shuriken is a straight, small knife. A throwing star is properly termed a "shaken" I think. We went thru this terminology thing here (Virginia) a couple years ago when our astute legislators decided to outlaw carry and possesion of "Ninja weapons" as being a dangerous public safety issue. Of course there are NO recorded cases in the police records of anyone being assaulted by shaken, shuriken, numchuks, etc. There are known cases of idiots hitting themselves in the head causing serious injury with numchuks :-) Rich