New Jersey Attorney General Admits Stun Gun Ban is Unconstitutional

By Jenn Jacques

In a letter to federal judge Michael Shipp, New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino admitted the state’s ban on “stun guns” is unconstitutional. Porrino went on to request a meeting with the judge to settle the case, asking for time to establish regulations governing the purchase and ownership of the self-defense tools.

Following the March decision on stun guns handed down from the U.S. Supreme Court, New Jersey now recognizes “that an outright ban on the possession of stun guns within a state, regardless of the contextual circumstances surrounding any such possession, would likely not pass constitutional muster.” A stark contrast to current New Jersey law which states, “any person who knowingly has in his possession any stun gun is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.”

In the letter to Shipp obtained by NJ Advance Media on Thursday, Porrino acknowledged the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and called for “time to issue reasonable regulations related to the possession, use, and sale of stun guns before such a settlement would effectively abrogate the State’s current outright stun gun ban.”

Any new regulations on the ownership and carriage of stun guns would be written by “the Superintendent of the New Jersey …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms