Comment from a tech blog: “Well, with his liver problems, he’s spent a decade throwing up and seeing stars, so...”
Spit my coffee over that one.
LOL!
You can buy those things just about everywhere in the U.S., and if you want you can simply make them, as I did several decades ago on a boring summer day.
What is wrong with owning these things. Are we allowed to have anything?
I am so tired of government control.
No, Steve Jobs is a geek...
Are they automatic or semi-automatic stars?
ninja . . . cool.
How do you smuggle something onto your private plane?
When Ninja Stars are outlawed, only outlaw Ninjas will have stars.
I don’t particularly care for Jobs, but if he wants a couple of souvenir throwing stars, he should be able to possess them (as should I). Does the government think he’s going to run out some night in black pajamas and take out Bill Gates? Or a total stranger?
Must be just a Japanese law (Jobs was in a Japanese Airport), or my local flea market is dealing in some major contraband as they have a huge selection of throwing stars.
If it is his private plane, how could it be smuggling? I suppose some nanny states have knife control now.
I don't know why CA bans shurikens. Perhaps it's to reduce the number of shuriken attacks by teens? There are none now, so the strategy must work :-) But realistically it takes some training to throw a shuriken and hit something. A gangbanger, not being a ninja, is more likely to just use a chain or a knife or a gun.
Besides, every self-respecting commando can use a power tool's blade as a replacement for shurikens. Those may be a bit heavy for covert use, but if a properly spun table saw blade nicks your neck you are done for.
I don't know if Steve Jobs tried to buy shurikens or not, but a good set definitely would be a great collectible item.
>>> internet rumours over allegations that he tried to smuggle ninja throwing stars onto his private jet following a trip to Japan.
I gather the fear was he might hijack his own airplane. It would be terrifying to consider the consequences of a geek holding a throwing star to the throat of his pilot and being ordered to take this plane where Jobs employed him to take it.
A very near miss.
The guys in my university karate club loved these things. I never could get the hang on them though.