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can I own a night stick in California?

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I was looking online and found a metal nightstick for sale. I want to buy it, but I'm not sure if it is legal to posses and/or carry in California. Does anyone have the answer

also, what about a wooden tonfa (pretty much what a police nightstick is)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    That would be a billy club under California law and illegal to possess. (Pen C 12020.) Whether or not California's prohibition of possession of such a weapon can survive D.C. v. Heller (2nd Amendment right to possess arms) is open to question, but I would not want to be the person to test it.

    Source(s): 30+ years as a criminal defense attorney
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