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    Baccusboy

    Baccusboy

    Teecha, teecha
    Oct 10, 2010
    13,988
    Seoul
    Hope this isn't a dupe. Didn't see another post on it.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-gives-boost-stun-gun-owners-n542566

    The U.S Supreme Court Monday wiped out a Massachusetts court ruling that had upheld the conviction of a Massachusetts woman who carried a stun gun for protection from an abusive former boyfriend.

    The ruling cast doubt over a handful of state bans on possessing Tasers and other kinds of stun guns.

    Jaime Caetano argued that the state's ban on allowing individuals to possess stun guns violated her Second Amendment right to carry a weapon for self defense.

    She was arrested in Ashland, Massachusetts in 2011 after police officers, investigating a supermarket's complaint about possible shoplifting, found the weapon in her purse. She told them she needed it to fend off a former boyfriend who was abusive. A Massachusetts law bans possession of the weapons by all but police officers......
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    trickg

    trickg

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    Jul 22, 2008
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    Glen Burnie
    Not a dupe, but it's being chatted about in the Kolbe thread.

    IMO any 8-0 decision that quotes and uses Heller as precedent is a good thing.
     
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