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Stun
Guns Laws and Restrictions
STATES
WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED and NOT SOLD TO:
HAWAII
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN -
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
RHODE ISLAND
WISCONSIN
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CITIES
WHERE STUN GUNS ARE RESTRICTED and NOT SOLD TO:
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 we do not ship ANY stun
guns outside USA!:
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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