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<blockquote data-quote="Chevillac" data-source="post: 2251920" data-attributes="member: 553407">Despite what we were told as kids, martial artists are not required to register their hands and feet as deadly weapons. However, whether the hands and feet of a martial artist can ever be considered as deadly weapons is a major issue currently before the courts. The debate is as follows.Most states impose additional criminal penalties for injuries that are inflicted or aggravated by the inappropriate use of a dangerous or deadly weapon. Many of those states define a deadly weapon as &quot;anything&quot;, including any instrument, article, device, material, or substance, which, under the circumstances it is used, or in the manner it is used, is capable of inflicting death or serious bodily injury.Where death or serious bodily injury results from the inappropriate use of one&#039;s hands or feet, should a jury, under the circumstances of the case, be allowed to consider whether those hands or feet constituted deadly weapons under the above definition?Slightly more than half the states have entertained the question, and the courts are divided on the issue. A plurality of the courts (AL, AZ, AR, CA, FL, ID, IL, LA, MA, MI, MO, NE, NY, OR, TN, UT, and WI) have taken the view that hands and feet should not be considered deadly weapons. Most have reasoned that when enacting dangerous weapons statutes, legislators intended to control the use of instruments that are external to the body, not a part of the body, and therefore, hands and feet cannot be classified as deadly weapons.<a href="http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;amp;fr=moz2&amp;amp;u=tafkac.org/faq2k/legal_2007.html&amp;amp;w=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&amp;amp;d=IKbnTyQ8NjQz&amp;amp;icp=1&amp;amp;.intl=us" target="_blank">http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;amp;fr=moz2&amp;amp;u=tafkac.org/faq2k/legal_2007.html&amp;amp;w=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&amp;amp;d=IKbnTyQ8NjQz&amp;amp;icp=1&amp;amp;.intl=us</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chevillac, post: 2251920, member: 553407"] Despite what we were told as kids, martial artists are not required to register their hands and feet as deadly weapons. However, whether the hands and feet of a martial artist can ever be considered as deadly weapons is a major issue currently before the courts. The debate is as follows. Most states impose additional criminal penalties for injuries that are inflicted or aggravated by the inappropriate use of a dangerous or deadly weapon. Many of those states define a deadly weapon as "anything", including any instrument, article, device, material, or substance, which, under the circumstances it is used, or in the manner it is used, is capable of inflicting death or serious bodily injury. Where death or serious bodily injury results from the inappropriate use of one's hands or feet, should a jury, under the circumstances of the case, be allowed to consider whether those hands or feet constituted deadly weapons under the above definition? Slightly more than half the states have entertained the question, and the courts are divided on the issue. A plurality of the courts (AL, AZ, AR, CA, FL, ID, IL, LA, MA, MI, MO, NE, NY, OR, TN, UT, and WI) have taken the view that hands and feet should not be considered deadly weapons. Most have reasoned that when enacting dangerous weapons statutes, legislators intended to control the use of instruments that are external to the body, not a part of the body, and therefore, hands and feet cannot be classified as deadly weapons. [URL="http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&ei=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&fr=moz2&u=tafkac.org/faq2k/legal_2007.html&w=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&d=IKbnTyQ8NjQz&icp=1&.intl=us"]http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&ei=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&fr=moz2&u=tafkac.org/faq2k/legal_2007.html&w=martial+arts+hands+lethal+weapons&d=IKbnTyQ8NjQz&icp=1&.intl=us[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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