TASERs: Gateway to Gun Rights?

By Robert Farago

“In some states, you can walk into a store and buy a handgun or assault rifle without so much as a background check,” ibtimes.com reports. Wait. What? What states would those be? *crickets chirping* “But a Taser?” they ask. “Totally illegal. This is true, for instance, in New Orleans, where Tasers are prohibited but buyers can purchase as many handguns as they like.” OK, we’re back on solid ground here; New Orleans does have a stun gun ban despite state preemption on firearms laws. But it’s odd that International Business Times doesn’t name names stun gun ban-wise. So let’s do it . . .

According to defenseproducts101.com, CEWs are banned in Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. Many states define conducted electronic weapons (CEWs) as a “dangerous weapon” requiring a firearms permit, and ban CEWs from legally defined “gun free zones.” Connecticut allows firearms permit holders to own CEWs, but only for home defense.

Wondering why there’s so little love for CEWs, ibtimes.com turned to the Washington Post‘s in-house gun rights guy for an answer.

“You try to regulate guns, and the NRA gets upset,” says Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the University …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns