Knuckles, baton and club laws in North Carolina

We follow 1 North Carolina rule on knuckles, batons, clubs, nunchaku and throwing stars.

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18+Selling or transferring brass knucks, bowie knives, dirks, shurikens (throwing stars), leaded canes or slungshots to anyone under 18 is a Class 1 misdemeanor in NC.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-315(a), (b1) · effective Mar 29, 2023 · draft

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§ 14-315. Selling or giving weapons to minors.
(a) Sale of Weapons Other Than Handguns. - If a person sells, offers for sale, gives, or in any way transfers to a minor any pistol cartridge, brass knucks, bowie knife, dirk, shurikin, leaded cane, or slungshot, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and, in addition, shall forfeit the proceeds of any sale made in violation of this section.
(b1) Defense. - It shall be a defense to a violation of this section if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-8, s. 2(b), effective March 29, 2023, and applicable to pistols sold, given away, transferred, purchased, or received on or after that date.
(2) The person reasonably believed that the minor was not a minor.
(3) The person either:
a. Shows that the minor produced a drivers license, a special identification card issued under G.S. 20-37.7, a military identification card, or a passport, showing the minor's age to be at least the required age for purchase and bearing a physical description of the person named on the card reasonably describing the minor; or
b. Produces evidence of other facts that reasonably indicated at the time of sale that the minor was at least the required age. (1893, c. 514; Rev., s. 3832; C.S., s. 4440; 1985, c. 199; 1993, c. 259, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 217; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 597, s. 2; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 20.13(b); 2011-284, s. 9; 2013-369, s. 18; 2023-8, s. 2(b).)