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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   
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/

• Re:Military use Re:Military use (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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  My rights don't end where your fear begins.

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• Re:Military use (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

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