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You Have the Right to Bear Arms, Not “Electrical” Arms, Court Declares

posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 10 2015, @11:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the founding-fathers-didn't-have-tazers dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Massachusetts' ban on the private possession of stun guns—an "electrical weapon" under the statute—does not violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms, the state's top court has ruled.

The decision says ( http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stungunMA-ruling.pdf ) (PDF) that the US Constitution's framers never envisioned the modern stun-gun device, first patented in 1972. The top court said stun guns are not suitable for military use, and that it did not matter whether state lawmakers have approved the possession of handguns outside the home.

The court, ruling in the case of a Massachusetts woman caught with stun gun, said the stun gun is a "thoroughly modern invention" not protected by the Second Amendment, although handguns are protected.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/you-have-the-right-to-bear-arms-not-electrical-arms-court-declares/

 
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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 10 2015, @09:52PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday March 10 2015, @09:52PM (#155716) Homepage Journal

    Sweet cheeks, I have no problem with equal rights but SJWs never ask for Equal, they demand Special and call anyone who disagrees a sociopath. Well, we're not sociopaths. See, normal human beings care to a diminishing degree about family, friends, their town, their state, their nation, and the rest of the world. SJWs care in the reverse order to a degree so irrational that they see equality as oppression and become absolutely maddened when the world doesn't agree with them. Tell me again, who has mental issues here?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 10 2015, @11:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 10 2015, @11:34PM (#155803)

    Tell me again, who has mental issues here?

    A few extremist nutjobs having mental issues doesn't mean you don't. If anything, so-called "SJW"s are a response to your brand of extremism since people like you have been around for far longer. And don't act like other people's bad actions somehow absolve you of your own - they don't. The correct counter to extremism and hatred is not more extremism and hatred.

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday March 11 2015, @12:39AM

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday March 11 2015, @12:39AM (#155838) Homepage Journal

      Nothing wrong with my actions, spanky. I stand by every word I've said. And if you really think my views are extreme, you should get out more. The only things I'm extreme about are equality and liberty. If you're not extreme about those, you really should ask yourself why you aren't.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2015, @05:10AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2015, @05:10AM (#155928)

        The only things I'm extreme about are equality and liberty.

        lol