| LAWS PERTAINING TO STUN GUNS |
STATES THAT STUNNING DEVICES ARE RESTRICTED:
* HAWAII
* ILLINOIS
* MASSACHUSETTS
* MICHIGAN
* NEW JERSEY
* NEW YORK
* RHODE ISLAND
* WISCONSIN
CITIES WHERE STUNNING DEVICES ARE RESTRICTED:
* ANNAPOLIS, MD
* BALTIMORE, MD
* BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD
* DENSION / CRAWFORD COUNTY, IA (*According to Sheriff Tom Hogan*)
* DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
* PHILADELPHIA
STATE RESTRICTIONS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Illegal District of Columbia
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Washington,
DC.
HAWAII: Illegal Hawaii State Law
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Hawaii.
MASSACHUSETTS: Illegal Massachusetts State Law
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN: Illegal The Michigan Penal Code Act 328 of 1931
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.
SUMMARY: Possession is banned of Stunning Devices in New Jersey.
NEW YORK: Illegal New York Consolidated Law (McKinney?s)
Book 39. Penal Law. Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons 265.00
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
SUMMARY: Possession and use of Stunning Devices are banned.
WISCONSIN: Illegal Wisconsin Sta. Ann. Chapter 939. Crimes -General Provisions. Chapter
939.22
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned.
CITY/COUNTY RESTRICTIONS:
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Chicago.
BALTIMORE: Illegal (Including Baltimore County)
HOWARD COUNTY, MD: Illegal Sec. 8.404. Sale or possession of electronic weapons
PHILADELPHIA: Illegal Philadelphia City Ordinance. Statute 10-825 Stun Guns.
NEW YORK CITY: Illegal Administrative Code of the City of New York 10-135 Prohibition
on sale and possession of electronic stun
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in New York City
LEGAL BUT WITH SOME RESTRICTION
CONNECTICUT: Legal w/ restrictions
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.
ILLINOIS: Legal with conditions (Illegal in Chicago)
SUMMARY: Possession of a Stunning Device is unlawful when in corporate limits of a city or
incorporated town, school, in any place licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, at any public
gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body or any public
gathering at which an admission is charged, or when a person?s identity is concealed.
Possession is legal when on a person?s land or in his own abode or fixed place of business
in Illinois.
CITY RESTRICTIONS:
OHIO: LYNN COUNTY/CEDAR RAPIDS: Any stungun in public requires the user to have a
concealed weapons permit. By literal translation, states that technically, this includes even
"snowballs" and "Stunning Devices" NOTE:Stunning Devices can be used, however, in the
place of business or at home.
BASICALLY: ANY PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICE, INCLUDING STUN GUNS AND TASERS ARE
LEGAL IN OTHER AREAS FOR SELF DEFENSE PURPOSES ONLY!
* HAWAII
* ILLINOIS
* MASSACHUSETTS
* MICHIGAN
* NEW JERSEY
* NEW YORK
* RHODE ISLAND
* WISCONSIN
CITIES WHERE STUNNING DEVICES ARE RESTRICTED:
* ANNAPOLIS, MD
* BALTIMORE, MD
* BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD
* DENSION / CRAWFORD COUNTY, IA (*According to Sheriff Tom Hogan*)
* DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
* PHILADELPHIA
STATE RESTRICTIONS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Illegal District of Columbia
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Washington,
DC.
HAWAII: Illegal Hawaii State Law
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Hawaii.
MASSACHUSETTS: Illegal Massachusetts State Law
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN: Illegal The Michigan Penal Code Act 328 of 1931
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.
SUMMARY: Possession is banned of Stunning Devices in New Jersey.
NEW YORK: Illegal New York Consolidated Law (McKinney?s)
Book 39. Penal Law. Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons 265.00
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
SUMMARY: Possession and use of Stunning Devices are banned.
WISCONSIN: Illegal Wisconsin Sta. Ann. Chapter 939. Crimes -General Provisions. Chapter
939.22
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned.
CITY/COUNTY RESTRICTIONS:
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Chicago.
BALTIMORE: Illegal (Including Baltimore County)
HOWARD COUNTY, MD: Illegal Sec. 8.404. Sale or possession of electronic weapons
PHILADELPHIA: Illegal Philadelphia City Ordinance. Statute 10-825 Stun Guns.
NEW YORK CITY: Illegal Administrative Code of the City of New York 10-135 Prohibition
on sale and possession of electronic stun
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in New York City
LEGAL BUT WITH SOME RESTRICTION
CONNECTICUT: Legal w/ restrictions
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.
ILLINOIS: Legal with conditions (Illegal in Chicago)
SUMMARY: Possession of a Stunning Device is unlawful when in corporate limits of a city or
incorporated town, school, in any place licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, at any public
gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body or any public
gathering at which an admission is charged, or when a person?s identity is concealed.
Possession is legal when on a person?s land or in his own abode or fixed place of business
in Illinois.
CITY RESTRICTIONS:
OHIO: LYNN COUNTY/CEDAR RAPIDS: Any stungun in public requires the user to have a
concealed weapons permit. By literal translation, states that technically, this includes even
"snowballs" and "Stunning Devices" NOTE:Stunning Devices can be used, however, in the
place of business or at home.
BASICALLY: ANY PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICE, INCLUDING STUN GUNS AND TASERS ARE
LEGAL IN OTHER AREAS FOR SELF DEFENSE PURPOSES ONLY!