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Stun gun laws in Massachusetts

We list 1 Massachusetts rule on stun guns; 1 is a ban.

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Massachusetts

BannedDo not ship stun guns or Tasers to Massachusetts buyers: they are regulated as firearms and must be sold through a licensed Massachusetts dealer to a buyer holding a Massachusetts firearms license.
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Section 121. As used in sections 122 to 131Y, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—
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''Firearm'', a stun gun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, large capacity firearm, assault-style firearm and machine gun, loaded or unloaded, which is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a shot or bullet; the frame or receiver of any such firearm or the unfinished frame or receiver of any such firearm; provided, however, that ''firearm'' shall not include any antique firearm or permanently inoperable firearm.
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''Stun gun'', a portable device or weapon, regardless of whether it passes an electrical shock by means of a dart or projectile via a wire lead, from which an electrical current, impulse, wave or beam that is designed to incapacitate temporarily, injure or kill may be directed.