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Archive for the 'US Second amendment rights' Category

USA – Guns Sales Soar in US as Nation Weighs Tougher Limits [Nothing here directly about tasers] (2012-01-12)

Posted on January 12 2013 by admin

[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: There is nothing here about tasers, but a clear insight into American “gun culture”, the backdrop in which tasers have become normalized in the USA. The Obama administration’s project of curbing gun violence has led to … masses rushing to expand their arsenals in advance of any restrictions that might be imposed. […]

USA – Lansing, Michigan: Sparks fly between Bay County attorneys in Court of Appeals stun gun case [Tasers and Second Amendment Right to bear arms] (2012-03-14)

Posted on March 14 2012 by admin

[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: In an article cited on a National Rifle Association (NRA) site … Lawyers debate whether a statewide ban on civilian use of Tasers and stun guns violates the U.S. Constitution, following a judge’s decision to dismiss a four-year felony charge of possession of a stun gun against Dean S. Yanna, suuporting the […]