# Do black-belt martial artists have to register their hands as lethal weapons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 24, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351 "2001-05-24T03:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351/41 "2001-05-26T07:04:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpinneZiege \* > Didn’t Uncle Ben say that? \*\* That’s Amazing Spider-Man #1 - “Power and Responsibility”. Who is Uncle Ben? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351/42 "2001-05-26T07:32:50Z")
“My whole body’s a weapon.” Don Knotts in **The Ghost and Mr. Chicken** 😃 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351/43 "2001-05-26T08:51:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by SpinneZiege \* > > Didn’t Uncle Ben say that? \*\* > > That’s Amazing Spider-Man #1 - “Power and Responsibility”. Who is Uncle Ben? \*\* Aunt Mae’s husband, who helped raise young Peter Parker, and gave him that bit of advice, which he ignored until a thief that Peter’d let run off killed Ben. … Or the rice guy. Yeah, SpinneZiege is defintely talking about the rice guy. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351/44 "2001-05-26T14:40:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tengu \* > Aunt Mae’s husband, who helped raise young Peter Parker, and gave him that bit of advice, which he ignored until a thief that Peter’d let run off killed Ben. > \*\* Good Lord, where is my brain? I knew that! When I heard “Uncle Ben” though all I could think of the rice guy so I couldn’t figure out who he was talking about lol. ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351/45 "2001-05-26T17:55:18Z")
Duh… rice guy? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351/46 "2001-05-27T00:52:51Z")
You know…the old black man that can be seen on the cover of **Uncle Ben’s** rice. Oh yea, everyone congratulate me on my first successful hijack 🆒 P.S. Sorry 'bout that heh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351.md?page=2)