Knuckles, baton and club laws in New Jersey
We follow 1 New Jersey rule on knuckles, batons, clubs, nunchaku and throwing stars; 1 is a ban.
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BannedDo not ship metal knuckles, blackjacks, billy clubs/batons, sandclubs, slungshots or cesti (weighted/studded hand bands, sap gloves) to New Jersey; manufacturing, transporting, shipping, selling or disposing of them is a fourth-degree crime.
N.J.S.A. 2C:39-9(d) · draft
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d. Weapons. Any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, transports, ships, sells, or disposes of any weapon, including gravity knives, switchblade knives, ballistic knives, daggers, dirks, stilettos, billies, blackjacks, metal knuckles, sandclubs, slingshots, cesti, or similar leather bands studded with metal filings, or, except as otherwise provided in subsection i. of this section, in the case of firearms, if he is not licensed or registered to do so as provided in chapter 58 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. ... amended 1979, c.179, s.7; 1980, c.108; 1981, c.480, s.2; 1983, c.58, s.2; 1987, c.228, s.3; 1990, c.32, s.3; 1999, c.233, s.3; 2007, c.298; 2013, c.111, s.1; 2017, c.323, s.3; 2018, c.38, s.3; 2018, c.138, s.3; 2019, c.165, s.3; 2022, c.53; 2025, c.363, s.3.