I did a few Google searches to find out my state's laws on buying and carrying a Taser. After getting a lot of random, unhelpful websites, I found my answer at, where else, www.taser.com. A quick rundown of where it is currently ILLEGAL to carry a Taser: District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York (does anyone else find that odd?), Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Also, in the cities of Annapolis, Baltimore, Chicago, and Philadelphia (again, what!?) prohibit the carrying of a Taser, but it is legal elsewhere in the states wherein those cities are located. Connecticut and Illinois don't prohibit it, but restrictions do exist. If your state is not listed, it is currently legal for persons over the age of 18 to purchase a Taser or stun gun, but again, there are restrictions on who can use it. Interestingly, in some states minors are not prohibited from using a Taser or stun device, if supervised by an adult. I guess that would come in handy if a child was in a dangerous situation and the adult in possession of the Taser was not capable of using it for whatever reason.

Also, keep in mind that many states have restrictions on where you can carry a Taser (similar to firearms), such as schools, churches, some public places, etc. These are common sense scenarios, but then again it seems to be an increasingly common occurrence that these are also where the violence is happening, so hopefully the laws will keep up with the news.

Taser International's website did not go into detail on individual state statute, so To find out more details on state laws and penalties associated with misuse, visit www.beststungun.com/stun-gun-laws.html.