A court in California has stricken down a state ban on billy clubs on Second Amendment grounds. The lawsuit was brought by plaintiff Russell Fouts against California Attorney General Rob Bonta ...

The term "billy club" or "billy knocker" can mean different things to different people, but generally it's perceived to be a long, wooden club with a handle grip. In short, it's an old-fashioned ...

For nearly two centuries, police have used the billy club to diminish enthusiasm for breaking the law. The wood or synthetic-material tool has been known by other names—a nightstick, a baton ...

Historically, the short wooden stick that police officers once carried on their beat was known as a billy or billy club. The term remains vague today and may encompass a metal baton, a little ...

Beyond billy clubs, laws banning butterfly knives ... of swinging batons once popular among police, as well as other wooden clubs, bats and batons. Benitez found that such weapons have long ...

Baton-like weapons, such as billy clubs — the short, wooden bats historically associated with police officers — have been outlawed for civilians in some form in California since 1923, but a pair of ...

During further investigation, police discovered 59 glassine baggies of heroin stamped either “Happy New Year” or “Dead President” and a wooden billy club on the floorboards, according to ...