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High-voltage electro-shock weapons were first developed in the US in the 1990s. They include electro-shock batons, stun guns, stun shields, dart-firing stun guns, and stun belts. [1] From 1997 to 2000, US companies earned over $13 million exporting stun guns, electro-shock batons and optical sighting devices to Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
On September 29, 2016, Washington D.C. announced that it intends on repealing its ban on stun guns in response to a lawsuit. [117] The new law regulating stun guns for persons 18 years or older took effect on May 19, 2017. [118] Metropolitan Police Department issued a statement about the legality of stun guns. [119]
March 4, 2014, Miami Gardens, Florida, Treon Johnson, suspected of attacking several dogs, dies hours after being tasered and taken into custody by police. [123] September 14, 2014, Kansas City, Missouri, Bryce Masters' heart stopped after the probes from the stun gun struck him in close proximity to his heart. He was placed into a medically ...
Gun stores connected to recent high-profile mass shootings appear on the national list, including River City Firearms in Louisville, which sold the AR-15 style rifle used to kill five people and ...
Gun violence: Six Columbus area gun shops are on a 2023 list of 1,300 nationwide that each sold at least 25 guns traced to crimes. ATF list shows 6 Columbus stores that sold 25+ guns traced to ...
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The clerk of the gun store, which sold the tasers to Mark Harris, could only remember Mark Harris as a white male in his 20s. Ten months of surveillance on the brothers revealed the brothers closing a deal on a gaming arcade, but there was insufficient evidence for an arrest warrant, so agents focused on determining where the black canvas bags ...
Stun guns and tasers made in Russia can be purchased for self-defense without special permission, however, under the Federal Law No. 150 "On Weapons" of the Russian Federation it's illegal to import and subsequent sale of any foreign stun devices or tasers into the country.