STATES WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED
Stun Guns Laws and Restrictions
STATES
WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED and WE WILL NOT SHIP TO:
CONNECTICUT
ILLINOIS
HAWAII
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
NEW
JERSEY
NEW YORK
RHODE ISLAND
WISCONSIN
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CITIES
WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED and WE WILL NOT SHIP TO:
ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY including ANNAPOLIS, MD
BALTIMORE
CITY, MD
BALTIMORE
COUNTY, MD
CHICAGO,
IL
DENSION
/ CRAWFORD COUNTY, IA (*According to Sheriff Tom Hogan*)
DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
HARFORD
COUNTY, MD
HOWARD
COUNTY, MD
PHILADELPHIA,
PA
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COUNTRIES
THAT STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED and WE WILL NOT SHIP TO:
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
DENMARK
HONG
KONG
INDIA (POLICE USE ONLY)
ITALY
JAPAN
NEW
ZEALAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
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PENAL
CODES AFFECTING AIR TASER, STUN GUNS & STUN BATONS.
STATE
RESTRICTIONS:
CONNECTICUT:
Legal with Restrictions
Connecticut
Criminal Law Title 53 ? Crimes, Title 53a ? Penal Code, title 54
Criminal Procedure, Chapter 950 Section 53a-3 Definitions: (20)
"Electronic defense weapon" means a weapon which by
electronic impulse or current is capable of immobilizing a person
temporarily, but is not capable of inflicting death or serious
injury. §53-206. Carrying and sale of dangerous weapons Any person
who carries upon his person? an electronic defense weapon, as defined
in 53a-3, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument,
unless such person has been granted a written permit issued and
signed by the first selectman of a town, the mayor or chief of police
of a city or the warden of a borough, authoring such person to carry
such weapon or instrument within such city or borough, shall be fined
not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three
years or both. No permit shall be issued to any applicant who has
ever been convicted of a felony. The issuing authority may request
the applicant?s finger prints and full information concerning his
criminal record and make an investigation concerning his criminal
record and make an investigation concerning the suitability of the
applicant to carry any such weapon. Refusal of fingerprinting by the
applicant shall be sufficient cause to refuse issuance of a permit.
Whenever any person is found guilty of a violation of this
subsection, any weapon or other implement within the provisions
hereof, found upon the body of such person, shall be forfeited to the
municipality wherein such person was apprehended, not withstanding
any failure of the judgment of conviction to expressly impose such
forfeiture. Any person who has been granted a permit to carry any
martial arts weapon pursuant to this section may carry such weapon
anywhere within the state. The provisions of this subsection shall
not apply to any officer charged with the preservation of the public
peace nor to any person who is found with any such weapon or
implement concealed upon his person while lawfully removing his
household goods or effects from one place to another, or from one
residence to another, nor to any person while actually and peaceably
engaged in carrying any such weapon or implement from his place of
abode or business to a place or person where or by whom such weapon
or implements is to be repaired, or while actually and peaceable
returning to his place of abode or business with such weapon or
implement after the same has been repaired. (b) any person who sells
to another? electronic defense weapon, as defined in section 53a-3,
shall, within 24 hours after the deliver of such weapon or implement
to the person to whom sold, give written notice of such sale or
delivery, specifying the article sold and the name and address of the
person to whom sold or delivered, to the chief of police of the city,
the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town, within
which such weapon or implement is sold or delivered, as the case may
be. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be
fined not more than one hundred dollars. SUMMARY: Section 53-206(a)
prohibits the carrying of a Stunning Device on the person unless that
person has obtained a dangerous weapons permit. However, there are no
state-wide permits, only local permits ? the permit is only good in
that particular town and would be illegal elsewhere. Anyone selling
such a weapon must notify the chief of police with that information
within 24 hours of the delivery. Therefore Stunning Devices can be
sold and it can be kept in your place of business or home, but you
cannot carry it on your person without a permit which is only good
within the limits of the city in which it was issued.
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DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA: Illegal
District
of Columbia Law. DC Code Ann. Title 6, Chapter 23. Firearms Control.
Sub-chapter 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.
Sub-chapter
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.
Sub-chapter
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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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.
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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:
Legal with restriction
Under
the CCW (Carrying Concealed Weapons) laws, the prohibition against
possessing or going armed with an electric weapon does not apply to
any of the following:
• A CCW licensee or an out-of-state
licensee.
• An individual who goes armed with an electric weapon
in his or her own dwelling or place of business or on land that he or
she owns, leases, or legally occupies.
Wis. Stat. § 941.295(2g).
The
prohibition against transporting an electric weapon does not apply to
any of the following:
• A licensee or an out-of-state
licensee.
• An individual who is not a licensee or out-of-state
licensee who transports an electric weapon if the electric weapon is
enclosed within a carrying case.
Wis. Stat. § 941.295(2r).
If
you are not specifically allowed to carry an electric weapon (see
above) you are only allowed to carry an electric weapon in your own
dwelling or place of business or on land that you own, lease, or
legally occupy. Wis. Stat. § 941.295(2g). You may also transport the
weapon if it is enclosed within a carrying case. Wis. Stat. §
941.295(2r). The possession or carrying of an electric weapon in any
other situations is a felony. Wis. Stat. § 941.295(1m).
Electric
weapons cannot be sold to persons in Wisconsin who are not law
enforcement, armed forces on official duty or persons without a
recognized out-of-state CCW license or a Wisconsin CCW license. Wis.
Stat. § 941.295(2)(d). A violation of this statute is a felony. Wis.
Stat. § 941.295(1m).
SUMMARY:
You need a CCW license or recognized out of state license to legally
carry stun guns in Wisconsin. However, you can have a stun gun in
your home or business and even carry it in your vehicle if it's in a
closed case. The catch 22 is that no one can sell to you if you don't
have a CCW license.
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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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Taser C2, MACE Pepper Sprays, STUN MASTER Stun Guns, Home Security, Business Security, Personal Alarms , Child Protection Devices, Security Scanners, Surveillance and Hidden Cameras, Safe Family Life Protection Kits and Diversion Safes.
Self-Defense sprays / Stun guns may only be purchased by customers 18 years of age or older.
Products Available to US Residents only: State by State Restrictions may apply!
So be sure to check with your lawyer or local municipality for stun gun regulations and restrictions in your area!
ILLINOIS
HAWAII
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
RHODE ISLAND
WISCONSIN
BELGIUM
CANADA
DENMARK
HONG KONG
INDIA (POLICE USE ONLY)
ITALY
JAPAN
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
• A CCW licensee or an out-of-state licensee.
• An individual who goes armed with an electric weapon in his or her own dwelling or place of business or on land that he or she owns, leases, or legally occupies.
Wis. Stat. § 941.295(2g).
• A licensee or an out-of-state licensee.
• An individual who is not a licensee or out-of-state licensee who transports an electric weapon if the electric weapon is enclosed within a carrying case.
Wis. Stat. § 941.295(2r).
SUMMARY:
Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in New York City
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Taser C2, MACE Pepper Sprays, STUN MASTER Stun Guns, Home Security, Business Security, Personal Alarms , Child Protection Devices, Security Scanners, Surveillance and Hidden Cameras, Safe Family Life Protection Kits and Diversion Safes.
Self-Defense sprays / Stun guns may only be purchased by customers 18 years of age or older.
Products Available to US Residents only: State by State Restrictions may apply!
So be sure to check with your lawyer or local municipality for stun gun regulations and restrictions in your area!