Knuckles, baton and club laws in Wisconsin

We list 2 Wisconsin rules on knuckles, batons, clubs, nunchaku and throwing stars.

Wisconsin

18+Require buyer to be 18+ for metal knuckles (including knuckle-guard knives), nunchaku and throwing stars shipped to Wisconsin, since selling or giving them to a person under 18 is a felony under s. 948.60(2)(b).

Wis. Stat. § 948.60(1), (2)(a)-(b), (3)(a) · draft

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948.60 Possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.
(1) In this section, “dangerous weapon” means any firearm, loaded or unloaded; any electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295 (1c) (a); metallic knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles; a nunchaku or any similar weapon consisting of 2 sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire or leather; a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand; a shuriken or any similar pointed star-like object intended to injure a person when thrown; or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted ends.
(2)
(a) Any person under 18 years of age who possesses or goes armed with a dangerous weapon is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Except as provided in par. (c), any person who intentionally sells, loans or gives a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class I felony.
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(a) This section does not apply to a person under 18 years of age who possesses or is armed with a dangerous weapon when the dangerous weapon is being used in target practice under the supervision of an adult or in a course of instruction in the traditional and proper use of the dangerous weapon under the supervision of an adult. This section does not apply to an adult who transfers a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 years of age for use only in target practice under the adult’s supervision or in a course of instruction in the traditional and proper use of the dangerous weapon under the adult’s supervision.
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948.60 HistoryHistory: 1987 a. 332; 1991 a. 18, 139; 1993 a. 98; 1995 a. 27, 77; 1997 a. 248; 2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 163; 2011 a. 35.

18+Sell sap gloves (cestus-type gloves weighted with metal or other substance) to Wisconsin buyers only if they are 18 or older.

Wis. Stat. § 948.60(1), (2)(b) (cestus, manrikigusari) · draft

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948.60 Possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. 948.60(1) (1) In this section, "dangerous weapon" means any firearm, loaded or unloaded; any electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295 (1c) (a) ; metallic knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles; a nunchaku or any similar weapon consisting of 2 sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire or leather; a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand; a shuriken or any similar pointed star-like object intended to injure a person when thrown; or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted ends.
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948.60(2)(b) (b) Except as provided in par. (c) , any person who intentionally sells, loans or gives a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class I felony.
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948.60 History History: 1987 a. 332 ; 1991 a. 18 , 139 ; 1993 a. 98 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 1997 a. 248 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 163 ; 2011 a. 35 .