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Lawsuit calls New Jersey stun gun ban unconstitutional
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:05pm EDT
Lawsuit calls New Jersey stun gun ban unconstitutional
NEW YORK | BY JOSEPH AX
A gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging a New Jersey law that bans private individuals from owning stun guns, Tasers and other electronic weapons as unconstitutional.
The complaint, filed by the New Jersey Second Amendment Society in U.S. District Court for New Jersey, cited a U.S. Supreme Court decision in March that suggested possessing such arms was protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Gun rights advocates filed a similar lawsuit a week ago to invalidate a stun gun ban in Washington, D.C.
In addition to New Jersey, several states including Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island have outlawed electronic weapons like Taser guns.
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Lawsuit calls New Jersey stun gun ban unconstitutional
NEW YORK | BY JOSEPH AX
A gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging a New Jersey law that bans private individuals from owning stun guns, Tasers and other electronic weapons as unconstitutional.
The complaint, filed by the New Jersey Second Amendment Society in U.S. District Court for New Jersey, cited a U.S. Supreme Court decision in March that suggested possessing such arms was protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Gun rights advocates filed a similar lawsuit a week ago to invalidate a stun gun ban in Washington, D.C.
In addition to New Jersey, several states including Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island have outlawed electronic weapons like Taser guns.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guncontrol-idUSKCN10M2AU