Philadelphia removes Taser ban after urging from 2A group

By Chris Eger

Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr, introduced the stun gun repeal in June after communications with attorneys from a gun rights group (Photo: Jared Piper/Phl Council)
In a unanimous vote by the Philadelphia City Council on Thursday, Pennsylvania’s largest city approved language for a new ordinance lifting a general 40-year-old ban on electronic weapons.
The adopted measure, Bill No. 170674-A, repeals Philadelphia blanket 1977 ban on “stun guns, also known as electric or electronic incapacitation devices,” and comes after a Second Amendment group pressed the city to remove the seldom-enforced law. A more narrow ban on possession of the devices by those under age 18, or selling them to minors, will take its place.
“It was easier for a child to purchase a stun gun than a cell phone in Philadelphia,” said Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr, a West Philadelphia Democrat and sponsor of the measure.  “The prohibition of sales and possessions of stun guns [for those under 18] is a step in the right direction.”
For adults, stun gun sales and possession will now be governed by state law that allows for the exercise of reasonable force in defense of a person or the person’s property.
The Firearms Policy Coalition, who in April had attorney Stephen Stamboulieh

Source: Guns.com