BOSTON The states highest court has ruled that Massachusetts ban on the possession of stun guns does not violate the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. <\/p>\n
The Supreme Judicial Court, in a unanimous decision on Monday, upheld the 2011 conviction of Jamie Caetano in Ashland. Police investigating a shoplifting report found the stun gun in the womans purse. <\/p>\n
Caetano told police she carried the weapon as self-defense against an abusive former boyfriend and argued in her appeal that she had a constitutional right to carry it. <\/p>\n
The justices disagreed, saying a stun gun which can administer incapacitating electrical shocks is not the type of weapon that is subject to Second Amendment protection. <\/p>\n
The court said it was up to the state Legislature to determine if they should be legal in Massachusetts. <\/p>\n
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