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Stun
Gun Laws and Restrictions
(We
cannot ship stun guns or tasers to these states or municipalities.
Orders received from these addresses will be cancelled! We do
not
ship Internationally.)
STATES WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED:
INDIANA (no Tasers)
HAWAII
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
RHODE ISLAND
WISCONSIN
ILLINOIS
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CITIES WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED:
ANNAPOLIS, MD
BALTIMORE, MD
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD
CHICAGO, IL
DENSION / CRAWFORD COUNTY, IA (*According to Sheriff Tom Hogan*)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PHILADELPHIA
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COUNTRIES THAT STUN GUNS ARE
RESTRICTED:
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
DENMARK
HONG KONG
INDIA (POLICE USE ONLY)
ITALY
JAPAN
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN
SWITERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
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PENAL CODES AFFECTING AIR TASER, STUN
GUNS & STUN BATONS.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. {Editor’s 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 one’s 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.
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NEW YORK: Illegal
New York Consolidated Law
(McKinney’s) 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.
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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.
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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.
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CITY/COUNTY RESTRICTIONS:
CHICAGO: Illegal
Publisher’s Note: The
following jurisdictions require waiting periods or notifications to law
enforcement officials before weapons may be delivered to purchasers:
Chicago - application approval/denial
for:
(1) Registration : 120 days
(2) Re-registration: e.g., by an heir,
365 days)
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of
Stunning Devices are banned in Chicago. (More information required on
City of Chicago Ordinance)
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ANNAPOLIS: Illegal
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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).
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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).
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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.)
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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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ILLINOIS: Restricted
a. In order to
possess a Taser or stun gun, an individual must have a valid FOID card,
as is currently required for firearms.
b. 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.
c. When a licensed firearms dealer
sells a Taser or stun gun, they must request a background check of the
buyer.
d. The 24-hour waiting period required
for long guns, shotguns, and rifles, will also apply to taser and stun
gun purchases.
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of
stunning devices are banned in the state of Illinois without the proper
licensing.
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