I thought sling shots were legal. The thing that I've read in the law being banned is slung shot, which is like a black Jack.
Correct on slung shots.
Sling shots are legal to posses, but not to make or sell.
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I thought sling shots were legal. The thing that I've read in the law being banned is slung shot, which is like a black Jack.
I thought sling shots were legal. The thing that I've read in the law being banned is slung shot, which is like a black Jack.
Correct on slung shots.
Sling shots are legal to posses, but not to make or sell.
Wait, so if I make a wooden Y and slap some rubber on it like I did when I was a kid - that's illegal? What's the cite on that? Man. I really gotta stop thinking that I've made it to the end of MA's stupid laws concerning weapons.
General LawsPART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
TITLE I CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 269 CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE
Section 12 Manufacturing and selling knives, slung shots, swords, bludgeons and similar weapons
Section 12. Whoever manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or exposes for sale, an instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as a dirk knife, a switch knife or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which the blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches or a device or case which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked position, any ballistic knife, or any knife with a detachable blade capable of being propelled by any mechanism, slung shot, sling shot, bean blower, sword cane, pistol cane, bludgeon, blackjack, nunchaku, zoobow, also known as klackers or kung fu sticks, or any similar weapon consisting of two sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire or leather, a shuriken or any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown, or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted ends; or metallic knuckles or knuckles of any other substance which could be put to the same use and with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months; provided, however, that sling shots may be manufactured and sold to clubs or associations conducting sporting events where such sling shots are used.
That's always been my thing, especially with retractable batons and stun guns. You would think this state would prefer non-lethal options, especially for those of us licensed for lethal options...So we can possess guns but not stun guns? Seems silly to me.
That's always been my thing, especially with retractable batons and stun guns. You would think this state would prefer non-lethal options, especially for those of us licensed for lethal options...
Wait, so if I make a wooden Y and slap some rubber on it like I did when I was a kid - that's illegal? What's the cite on that? Man. I really gotta stop thinking that I've made it to the end of MA's stupid laws concerning weapons.
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The hood likes lead over rocks.Well, the law must be working. I haven't heard of any drive by sling-shotings, have you?
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Nothing on why she was searched .....Right??
The media has gotten wind of this case can given it some attention including calls to Comm2A from the AP and Boston Globe.
Boston Globe (this morning)
Homeless woman's stun gun spurs 2nd Amendment case (AP)
Court to Decide if Second Amendment Covers Stun Guns
Many people would be willing to defend themselves with a stun gun, even those against guns.Like I told my Dad this AM, the state Doesnt want a non-lethal means to protect yourself because bad people will misuse it ? This nanny state wants control .
Did the defendant in this case actually display her stun gun in an attempt to defend herself? I thought I read that it was found in her purse after she submitted to a search of her person after she was accused of shoplifting. Am I confused?
I noticed that too (I was in the courtroom). Chief Justice Gants is very Massachusetts-parochial in hisEDIT: Holy pre-crime hypothetical at 14:00!
Both,. At one point, prior to her arrest, she was confronted by her ex who backed off and left after she displayed the stun gun. This incident was not connected to her arrest which was a result of a consented to police search of her handbag.
I noticed that too (I was in the courtroom). Chief Justice Gants is very Massachusetts-parochial in his perceptions about weapons and regulations. There seems to be an underlying assumption on the part of the court that regulation of all weapons at all times is the norm. This would have been a good opportunity to point out that the ex-BF's possession of a baseball bat or pepper spray wouldn't be presumptively unlawful, but if he used either of those items to torture Caetano, that would clearly be unlawful. By the same token, the same should be able to be said about a firearm. Possession without a license isn't unlawful in most places in the US, but misuse of that firearm is unlawful everywhere.