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Friday, May 24, 2013

The Advantage Of Being Familiar With The Laws First

By Jaay B Housemore


I could hardly rest. I was heading to a vacation within Hawaii the very first time. The evening before my flight, I checked my suitcase to see if there was anything at all I had neglected to bring along in my excitement, which was really likely. My brother Jack helped me out.

It appeared that I had packed everything I would require, even my stun device. I took it out and held this up, grinning at Jack. I informed him I might overlook to take other items, but this? Never. But, Jack scolded me for not knowing anything at all regarding stun gun laws and restrictions, or I would have recognized that stun weapons are outlawed inside Hawaii.

I learned these are defined as "electric guns," within Hawaii. It is against the law for any person there, even a licensed maker, importer or seller, to possess, sell, give or lend stun guns. In case the police officers locate one on you, they will take it, and the police chief will dispose of this.

I never realized this kind of law was around, of course. The trouble is that is no legal defense.

I found out that Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, District of Columbia, and Rhode Island likewise ban stun devices. Wisconsin and Illinois permit them, yet with limitations.

Illinois stun weapon buyers, just like firearms buyers within that state, need to have firearms owner's identification (FOID) cards and wait 24 hours before getting their weapons. Accredited sellers carry out criminal background checks on customers and must keep the record of sale for ten years just like they do with firearms purchases.

I discovered that cities as well as counties such as Chicago, Annapolis, Baltimore (including Baltimore County), Howard county inside Maryland, Philadelphia as well as New York City prohibit stun weapons, as well.

I left my very own stun device with Jack for safekeeping. I learned my lesson. When you own a stun gun, you must know the stun gun laws within your place or anyplace you are visiting just before bringing it along with you. I'm simply grateful I did not wind up learning my very own lesson the difficult way.




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