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To be fair, you need a Firearms Identification Card to own and carry pepper spray/OC. And said card does not allow you to own or possess "firearms."
It is only a baton when carried by a person in governmental employ. When a private citizen carries such a device is is a "blunt instrument", "club" or "bludgeon".
The Taser folks at the Shot Show told me they have people working on getting the civilian Taser made legal for non-LEOs in MA. I wished them luck .
From what I understand it is hard enough for an LEO to get certified to use a Taser. I can't imagine what kind of range tests/training requirements a mere subject will have to meet.
The bottomline is that Mass is stupid.
501 CMR: EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
501 CMR 8.00: STANDARDS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN THE
USE OF ELECTRONIC WEAPONS AND THE SALE OF
ELECTRONIC WEAPONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH
8.04 General Qualifications for the Possession and Use of Electronic Weapons
(a) In order to qualify for admission into an approved training
program for the use of electronic weapons, an authorized officer
must:
(1) be currently employed as a federal, state or municipal law
enforcement officer, or be a member of a special reaction team
in a state prison or designated special operations or tactical
team in a county correctional facility;
(2) have successfully completed a firearms training course
conducted by the Municipal Police Training Committee or
approved by the Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police; and
(3) be authorized by the officer’s department to carry a firearm in
the performance of the officer’s duty.
(b) Except for training purposes an authorized officer shall not
possess or carry an electronic weapon until successfully
completing an approved training program for the use of electronic
weapons.
8.05 Training Programs on the Use of Electronic Weapons
In order for a training program for the use of electronic weapons to
receive approval from the Secretary of Public Safety, the program
must demonstrate the following components:
(1) Not less than 4 hours of training;
(2) A review of the mechanics of an electronic weapon;
(3) Illustration of the medical issues involved with the use of an
electronic weapon, including, but not limited to, information
regarding the effects of electronic weapons on individuals with
pre-existing medical conditions, information on and a
demonstration regarding the removal of wires from an
individual after an electronic weapon has been discharged;
(4) A segment on weapon proficiency for trainees, including a
demonstration on the accurate discharge of an electronic
weapon and practice discharge of an electronic weapon by
trainees;
(5) A segment on the use of an electronic device as less than lethal
force and its relation to other weapons within the department’s
use of force policy. This segment must incorporate review of
the department’s less than lethal force policy; and
(6) A segment on the department’s data collection protocol and
reporting requirements as set forth in G.L. c. 140,§ 131J.
All departments and agencies must submit their training program
curriculum to the Secretary of Public Safety for approval prior to
training authorized officers. All training program curriculum on
the use of electronic weapons must be submitted to the Executive
Office of Public Safety, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108
for approval.
Wow bro! Schrivener [sic] you must be an old man...weather getting to you? Talk about setting a mood huh. If you want to get symantical with me, let's take the words one by one...License, To, Carry....ummmmmmmmm no mention of anything to do with SOLEY [sic] firearms. The LTC-A ALP gives the holder the "priveledge"[sic] to carry a concealed weapon otherwise known to our symantically correct individuals out there in the crowd as CCW. Now yes, the main purpose for an LTC is for FIREARMS but you can also carry less lethal deturants [sic] like Mace...(oh yeah, not a firearm) As my original question was before we tracked off towards tazers and such was basically, are expandable batons legal in Ma.?
...You need something else to cover your ASP...
Scrivener is a lawyer. Thus he is not congenial.