De Asis specialized in bali-songs, aka butterfly knives, so much so that he initially incorporated the company as Bali-Song, Inc. The word “Bali-Song” sat perfectly in a butterfly logo, just as ...

Lopez. The case involved a challenge to Hawaii’s absolute ban on possessing butterfly knives, a type of small knife with a bifurcated handle that folds upward to cover the blade when sheathed.

The butterfly knife, also known as the "balisong," has a disputed origin. Some sources say it originated in France; others, the Philippines. It is anywhere from a few hundred to over a thousand ...

A conservative panel of federal judges ruled Monday that a 30-year ban on butterfly knives in Hawaii is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court’s new “history and tradition” standard ...

The butterfly knife is at the heart of a controversy over Second Amendment rights. Butterfly knives are under fire in some U.S. states. Michigan just joined a case involving controversy over ...

I had a badass homemade Halloween costume (complete with split-toed slippers, thanks Mom), toy throwing stars and even a fully functional (albeit fully plastic) butterfly knife. Man, that thing was ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As of Monday, it is no longer illegal in Hawaii to carry a dangerous weapon in public — and switchblade and butterfly knives are no longer banned. That change led to ...

HONOLULU (KITV) — Monday morning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled against Hawaii’s ban on owning butterfly knives. A lawsuit had been opened, it went to the Ninth Circuit and the ...

(CN) — Butterfly knives are protected under the Second Amendment right to bear arms, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday, overturning Hawaii’s 30-year ban on the weapon. The conservative panel cited ...