By Jaay B Housemore


I could barely go to sleep. I was going to a vacation in Hawaii for the first time. The evening before my travel, I checked out my luggage to determine if there was anything I had forgotten to bring along in my excitement, which was very likely. My sibling Jack assisted me.

It looked like that I had stuffed all the things I would require, even my stun gun. I took it out and held this up, beaming at Jack. I informed him I might overlook to take other items, but this? Never. But, Jack scolded me for not knowing anything concerning stun gun laws and restrictions, or I would have recognized that stun weapons are against the law in Hawaii.

I discovered they're considered "electric guns," inside Hawaii. It is against the law for anyone there, even an accredited manufacturer, importer or vendor, to possess, sell, give or lend stun guns. In the event that the authorities locate one on you, they will confiscate it, and the police chief will dispose of it.

I never knew this specific law was around, of course. The trouble is that is no lawful protection.

I learned that Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, District of Columbia, and Rhode Island also ban stun devices. Wisconsin and also Illinois permit them, but with limitations.

Illinois stun gun purchasers, such as firearms buyers in that state, must have firearms owner's identification (FOID) cards and also wait 24 hours just before receiving their weapons. Accredited sellers carry out background checks on purchasers and need to keep the record of sale for 10 years just like they do with firearms purchases.

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

I left my own stun device with Jack for safekeeping. I learned my own lesson. In case you have a stun device, you must be aware of stun gun laws in your own area or anyplace you are visiting just before carrying it together with you. I'm simply grateful I didn't end up learning my lesson the difficult way.




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