FPC, FPF Sue Maryland Over Taser Ban in Second Amendment Challenge

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

ANNAPOLIS, Md., SACRAMENTO, Calif. -(Ammoland.com)- Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF), and Maryland resident Jeffrey Hulbert have filed a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit that seeks to strike down the City of Annapolis, Maryland’s total ban on electronic self-defense weapons, like Tasers and “stun guns.”

Individual plaintiff Jeffrey Hulbert is a resident of Annapolis and would like to buy and keep a Taser for self-defense. But Annapolis Ordinance 11.44.070 states that “No person shall possess, deliver, receive or discharge any electronic weapon.”

The complaint states that “Defendants’ laws, customs, practices and policies generally banning the acquisition, passion, carry and use of Tasers and other electric arms violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, facially and as applied against the Plaintiffs…”

In March, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to a State of Massachusetts law banning the possession of electronic weapons in its Caetano v. Massachusetts decision, but that case was dismissed by the State before a final decision was reached.

Said lead counsel Stephen Stamboulieh about the case, “We are looking forward to striking down this unconstitutional ordinance and restoring Mr. Hulbert’s Second Amendment right to acquire and possess …Read the Rest

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