• ComradePlatypus [fae/faer]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      Yeah I believe they were all banned related to various racial and national groups. Like knuckle dusters initially for Italians and now a perception around Black people. Nun chucks etc for the various Asian diasporas.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        4 months ago

        Yeah, all the kung-fu movie weapons - nunchucks, ninja stars, butterfly knives, were banned in the 80s because boomers saw some action movies and were like “woah a new way for me to be racist!”