New Jersey Aims To Legalize Stun Guns
TRENTON, NJ. (CBS) -- New Jersey appears poised to lift its ban on civilian ownership of stun guns.
In a letter earlier this month, New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino asks federal judge Michael Shipp for a meeting to discuss settlement of the case brought by a Second Amendment rights organization challenging the state's ban on stun guns.
He cites a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision suggesting that stun guns are protected under the Second Amendment.
At the same time, Porrino asks that the case not be settled before the state has time to issue what he calls "reasonable regulations on the possession, use, and sale of stun guns." Those rules, he says, will be formulated by the superintendent of the New Jersey State Police.
New Jersey is one of five states — Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island are the others — that prohibits civilians from buying stun guns. Other cities and counties also have bans.