Last week, the New Jersey stun gun ban was officially declared unconstitutional, by consent order between the New Jersey Second Amendment Society (represented by Alan Beck) and the New Jersey Attorney General’s office. The AG’s office had concluded “that an outright ban on the possession of electronic arms within the state … would likely not pass constitutional muster” in light of Caetano v. Massachusetts, Heller, and McDonald; I think that’s correct, for reasons described in my “Nonlethal Self-Defense, (Almost Entirely) Nonlethal Weapons, and the Rights to Keep and Bear Arms and Defend Life” article. The New Orleans City Council also repealed the New Orleans ban last week.
Read the complete article: Washington Post