The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that Hawaii's ban on "butterfly knives" violates the Second Amendment, finding the pocketknife-esque blade falls under the definition of "arms.

What is killing caterpillars on Oahu before they have a chance to grow and transform into Kamehameha butterflies? State researchers believe, based on remote camera footage in Manoa, that introduced ...

HONOLULU — It has taken only two years for a new butterfly to spread to every Hawaiian island, making its home everywhere from sea level to 6,800 feet up the slopes of Haleakala on Maui, according to ...

(CN) — Hawaii will get a chance to reinstate a ban on butterfly knives after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Thursday to review a decision that determined the weapons fall under Second ...

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 Hawaii's ...

A new species of butterfly has been identified to the islands. University of Hawaii at Manoa Professor Dr. Daniel Rubinoff and researcher Dr. William Haines of the Department of Plant and ...

So the Ninth Circuit held today (Teter v. Lopez), in an opinion by Judge Carlos Bea, joined by Judges Daniel Collins and Kenneth Lee. The butterfly knife, also known as the "balisong," has a disputed ...

In a Feb. 22 order, the panel vacated its previous decision that the state's ban on butterfly knives facially constituted "arms." The original version of this story was published on Law.com The U.S.

(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 ...