The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the rationale behind a Massachusetts law barring stun guns. In an unsigned order, the eight-member court ruled that the Second Amendment and the high court’s precedent on the topic were enough to question the legal reasoning behind the top court of Massachusetts backing the prosecution of a woman that they said unlawfully possessed the electric weapon for self-defense.
The decision, for the moment, sets aside last year’s ruling from the Judicial Court of Massachusetts, which upheld the law that carries up to 2.5 years in prison.
