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Stun Gun Laws and
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We cannot ship ANY stun devices (including
Tasers) to the cities, counties and states listed below. If an order is placed
your order will be cancelled, and your payment promptly
refunded.
STATES WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED:
ILLINOIS HAWAII MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN NEW JERSEY NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND WISCONSIN CITIES/COUNTIES WHERE STUN GUNS ARE
RESTRICTED:
ANNAPOLIS, MD
BALTIMORE, MD
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD
CHICAGO, IL
DENSION / CRAWFORD
COUNTY, IA DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA PHILADELPHIA
We DO
NOT sell ANY of our products (including stun devices) to persons or
countries outside the United States. U.S.A. orders
only.
BELOW ARE PENAL
CODES AFFECTING ANY AND ALL STUN DEVICES.
STATE
RESTRICTIONS:
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA: Illegal. District of Columbia Law. DC Code Ann. Title 6, Chapter
23. Firearms Control. Subchapter I. General Provisions 6-2302. (7) "Destructive
device" means: (B) "Any device by whatever name known which will, or is
designed, or may be readily converted or restored, to expel a projectile by the
action of an explosive or other propellant through a smooth bore barrel, except
a shotgun." (D) Any device designed or redesigned, made or remade, or readily
converted or restored, and intended to stun or disable a person by means of
electric shock. Subchapter II. Firearms and Destructive Devices. General
Provision 6-2311. Registration requirements: (a) Except as otherwise provided
in this chapter, no person or organization in the District of Columbia
("District") shall receive, possess, control, transfer, offer for sale, sell,
give, or deliver any destructive device, and no person or organization in the
District shall possess or control any firearm, unless that person or
organization holds a valid registration certificate for the firearm. Subchapter
V. Sales and Transfer of Firearms, Destructive Devices, and Ammunition. General
Provision 6-2351. Sales and transfers prohibited. No person or organization
shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any firearm, destructive device or
ammunition in the District except as provided in *** 6-2352, or 6-2375.
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Washington, DC.
ILLINOIS: Restricted. 1. In order to
possess a Taser or stun gun, an individual must have a valid FOID card, as is
currently required for firearms. 2. Sellers of Taser or stun guns must check
the buyers FOID card and keep the record of sale for ten years, the same
requirements for firearms sales. 3. When a licensed firearms dealer sells a
Taser or stun gun, they must request a background check of the buyer. 4. The
24-hour waiting period required for long guns, shotguns, and rifles, will also
apply to taser and stun gun purchases.
HAWAII:
Illegal. Hawaii State Law. Rev. Stats. Title 10, Chapter 134. Firearms,
Ammunition and Dangerous Weapons. Part 1. General Regulations. Chapter 134-1
Definitions. "Electric gun" means any portable device that is electrically
operated to project a missile or electromotive force. Chapter 134-16
Restriction on possession, sale, gift or delivery of electric guns. (a) It
shall be unlawful for any person, including a licensed manufacturer, licensed
importer or licensed dealer, to possess, offer for sale, hold for sale, sell,
give, lend or deliver any electric gun. (b) Any electric gun in violation of
subsection (a) shall be confiscated and disposed of by the chief of police.
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Hawaii.
MASSACHUSETTS: Illegal. Massachusetts
State Law. Ann. Laws of Massachusetts. Chapter 140. Sale of Firearms. Section
131J: Sale or possession of electrical weapons; penalties. Section 131J. No
person shall sell, offer for sale or possess a portable device or weapon from
which an electric current, impulse, wave or beam may be directed, which
current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to incapacitate temporarily, injure
or kill. Whoever violates this provision of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by
imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two years in a jail or
house of correction, or both. SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices
are banned in Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN: Illegal. The Michigan Penal Code Act 328 of 1931.
Chapter 750.224a Portable device or weapon directing electrical current,
impulse, wave, or beam; sale or possession prohibited; testing. (1) A person
shall not sell, offer for sale, or possess in this state a portable device or
weapon from which an electric current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to
incapacitate temporarily, injure, or kill. (3) A person who violates this
section is guilty of a felony. SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning
Devices are banned in Michigan.
NEW
JERSEY: Illegal. New Jersey State Law. New Jersey Stat. Ann. Title 2C. New
Jersey Code of Criminal Justice. Chapter 39-1. Prohibited weapons and devices.
(Section "r" summarized from Chapter 2C:39-1) "Weapon" means anything readily
capable of lethal use or of inflicting serious bodily injury. The term
includes, but is not limited to all (4) stun guns; and any weapon or (this
section refers to tear gas and has been updated in 1995) other device which
projects, releases, or emits tear gas or any other substance intended to
produce temporary physical discomfort or permanent injury through being
vaporized or otherwise dispensed in the air. (t) "Stun gun" means any weapon or
other device which emits an electrical charge or current intended to
temporarily or permanently disable a person. Senate, No. 2871 -- L.1985, c. 360
Senate Bill No. 2781, as amended by the Senate Law, Public Safety and Defense
Committee, prohibits as a crime of the fourth degree the possession of a stun
gun by any person, including a law enforcement officer. A crime of the fourth
degree carries a penalty of imprisonment for up to 18 months, a fine of up to
$7,500, or both. Prior to being amended the bill classified possession of a
crime in the third degree. {Editors Note: According to Len Lawson of NJ
Legislative Council, (609) 292-4625) NJ does not classify crimes in felonies
versus misdemeanors. The highest crimes are in first degree on down to fourth
degree. A fourth degree penalty is a serious charge and is generally considered
a misdemeanor in common terms. It is however an indictable offense. A fourth
degree crime does contain "a presumption of non-custodial sentencing," meaning
that there is not imprisonment if there are no prior convictions. In some cases
the sentencing is obviated from ones record if there is a period of good
behavior following the charge.} The committee amended the bill to include a
provision authorizing the Attorney General, at his discretion, to exempt law
enforcement officers from the prohibition against possession stun guns. The
bill also was amended by the committee to include stun guns in the definition
of "weapon" in paragraph r. N.J.S. 2C:39-1. (Chapter 2C:39-1) (h) Stun guns.
Any person who knowingly has in his possession any stun gun is guilty of a
crime in the fourth degree. SUMMARY: Possession is banned of Stunning Devices
in New Jersey.
NEW YORK: Illegal. New York Consolidated
Law (McKinneys) Book 39. Penal Law. Article 265. Firearms and Other
Dangerous Weapons 265.00 15-a. "Electronic dart gun" means any device designed
primarily as a weapon, the purpose of which is to momentarily stun, knock out
or paralyze a person by passing an electrical shock to such person by means of
a dart or projectile. 15-c. "Electronic stun gun" means any device designed
primarily as a weapon, the purpose of which is to momentarily stun, cause
mental disorientation, knock out or paralyze a person by passing a high voltage
electrical shock to such person. Article 265.01 Criminal possession of a weapon
in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in
the fourth degree when: (1) He possesses any firearm, electronic dart gun,
electronic stun gun ***; or *** SUMMARY: Possession is banned of Stunning
Devices in New York.
RHODE
ISLAND: Illegal. General Laws of Rhode Island. Title 11, Chapter 47.
Statute Subsection 11-47-42. Weapons other than firearms prohibited. - (A) No
person shall carry or possess or attempt to use against another, any instrument
or weapon of the kind commonly known as a *** stun gun ***. Any person
violating the provisions of this subsection, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one
(1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment, and the weapon so found shall be
confiscated. SUMMARY: Possession and use of Stunning Devices are banned.
WISCONSIN: Illegal. Wisconsin Sta. Ann.
Chapter 939. Crimes - General Provisions. Chapter 939.22 Words and phrases
defined. (10) Dangerous weapon" means any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded
***; any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing great harm ***;
any electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295(4); or any other device or
instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is
calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Chapter 941.295
Possession of electric weapon. Subsection (1) On or after July 1, 1982, whoever
sells, transports, manufactures, possesses or goes armed with any electric
weapon is guilty of a Class E felony. Subsection (4) In this section, "electric
weapon" means any device which is designed, redesigned, used or intended to be
used, offensively or defensively, to immobilize or incapacitate persons by the
use electric current. SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are
banned.
CITY/COUNTY RESTRICTIONS:
CHICAGO: Illegal.
ANNAPOLIS: Illegal.
BALTIMORE: Illegal. (Including Baltimore County) Baltimore
City Code 115. Stun guns and similar devices. (e) It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, or corporation to sell, give away, lend, rent or transfer to any
individual, firm or corporation a stun gun or other electronic device by
whatever name or description which discharges a non-projectile electric current
within the limits of the City of Baltimore. It further shall be unlawful for
any person to possess, fire or discharge any such stun gun or electronic device
within the City. Nothing in this subsection shall be held to apply to any
member of the Baltimore City Police Department or any other law enforcement
officer while in the performance of his or her official duty (Ord. 385. 1985).
DENSION / CRAWFORD COUNTY, IA: Illegal.
HOWARD COUNTY, MD: Illegal. Sec. 8.404.
Sale or possession of electronic weapons prohibited. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, or corporation to sell, give away, lend, rent or transfer to
any individual, firm or corporation an electronic weapon within the limits of
Howard County. It further shall be unlawful for any person to possess, fire,
discharge or activate any electronic weapon within the limits of Howard County.
(C.B. 38 1985).
PHILADELPHIA: Illegal. Philadelphia City Ordinance. Statute
10-825 Stun Guns. (1) Definitions. (a) Stun Gun. Any device which expels or
projects a projectile which, upon coming in contact with a person, is capable
of inflicting injury or an electric shock to such person. (2) Prohibited
conduct. Nor person shall own, use, possess, sell or otherwise transfer any
"stun gun." (3) Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this section
shall be subject to a fine or not more than three hundred (300) dollars and /or
imprisonment for not more than ninety (90 days.)
NEW YORK CITY: Illegal. Administrative Code of the City of
New York 10-135 Prohibition on sale and possession of electronic stun guns. a.
As used in this section, "electronic stun gun" shall mean any device designed
primarily as a weapon, the purpose of which is to stun, render unconscious or
paralyze a person by passing an electronic shock to such person, but shall not
include an "electronic dart gun" as such term is defined in section 265.00 of
the penal law. b. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale
or to have in his or her possession within the jurisdiction of the city any
electronic gun. c. Violation of this section shall be a class A misdemeanor.
[Exemptions under this section are provided for police officers operating under
regular department procedures or guidelines and for manufacturers of electronic
stun guns scheduled for bulk shipment. NOTE: The electronic stun gun is not a
"firearm" under the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 because it does not
"...expel a projectile by the action of an explosive..."] SUMMARY: Possession
and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in New York City |
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