{"id":59013,"date":"2015-03-02T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/high-court-upholds-massachusetts-ban-on-stun-guns\/"},"modified":"2015-03-02T18:47:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T23:47:00","slug":"high-court-upholds-massachusetts-ban-on-stun-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/second-amendment-2\/high-court-upholds-massachusetts-ban-on-stun-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"High court upholds Massachusetts ban on stun guns"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON The state's 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 woman's 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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