The top court in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down a state law that banned civilians from possessing stun guns, ruling unanimously that the law violated the U.S. Constitutionās Second Amendment, which protects Americansā right to bear arms.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the case of a man who was criminally charged for possessing a stun gun, holding that such weapons constitute āarmsā as protected by the Constitution, Reuters reports.
āTherefore, under the Second Amendment, the possession of stun guns may be regulated, but not absolutely banned,ā Chief Justice Ralph Gants wrote for the 6-0 court.
The court dismissed a criminal stun gun possession charge against Jorge Ramirez, who was arrested in 2015 after police discovered one in his pants pocket following a traffic stop. He also was charged with firearms offenses.
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