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BOSTON The state's highest court has ruled that Massachusetts' ban on the possession of stun guns does not violate the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The Supreme Judicial Court, in a unanimous decision on Monday, upheld the 2011 conviction of Jamie Caetano in Ashland. Police investigating a shoplifting report found the stun gun in the woman's purse.

Caetano told police she carried the weapon as self-defense against an abusive former boyfriend and argued in her appeal that she had a constitutional right to carry it.

The justices disagreed, saying a stun gun which can administer incapacitating electrical shocks is not the type of weapon that is subject to Second Amendment protection.

The court said it was up to the state Legislature to determine if they should be legal in Massachusetts.

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BOSTON The states highest court has ruled that Massachusetts ban on the possession of stun guns does not violate the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The Supreme Judicial Court, in a unanimous decision on Monday, upheld the 2011 conviction of Jamie Caetano in Ashland. Police investigating a shoplifting report found the stun gun in the womans purse.

Caetano told police she carried the weapon as self-defense against an abusive former boyfriend and argued in her appeal that she had a constitutional right to carry it.

The justices disagreed, saying a stun gun which can administer incapacitating electrical shocks is not the type of weapon that is subject to Second Amendment protection.

The court said it was up to the state Legislature to determine if they should be legal in Massachusetts.

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By JOE CARLSON

jcarlson@njherald.com

ANDOVER TWP. The Second Amendment Foundation recently announced it was financially backing a township man in his fight against the state's justifiable need law to carry a handgun.

That's actually very important because financially it will allow the case to go all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court if it is allowed to get that far, said Israel Albert Almeida, the suit's namesake.

Almeida said the foundation is fully financing his efforts.

This is part of our ongoing effort to have New Jersey carry laws declared unconstitutional, said Alan Gottlieb, Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president, in a press release. We were drawn to Almeida's case because it provides one more example of how the Garden State's concealed carry law is simply Draconian in the way it is administered.

In New Jersey, when residents apply to either their municipality's police chief or New Jersey State Police, they must specify the urgent necessity for self-protection, as evidenced by specific threats or previous attacks which demonstrate a special danger to the applicant's life that cannot be avoided by means other than an issuance of a permit to carry a handgun.

Almeida was denied by Andover Police Chief Achille Taglialatela, who cited a lack of justifiable need in 2013.

Almeida said his need is that he manages buildings in Essex County, specifically Newark and Irvington, and has been the subject of death threats and an attempted carjacking.

I carry large amounts of cash, and people around there know that, Almeida said. The areas I enter are very high crime. I face that every single day.

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LINCOLN, Neb. -- A proposed ammunition ban from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has local gun enthusiasts upset, saying the ban is a violation of their second amendment rights. The ATF wants to ban 5.56 mm ammunition used is AR-15 rifles and handguns.

The ATF says this ammunition has the power to pierce through a police officer's bulletproof vest. Despite its danger to law enforcement, it's also a popular ammunition among sportsmen and hunters.

"It doesn't really matter what it is right now, if it's 5.56 mm, it's selling quickly," Liberty Arms Manager Colton May said.

Word travels fast, and in the gun business the latest talk is the ATF's proposed ban on ammo for AR-15's.

"What that's done though, is created a scare to where anything that's 5.56 mm is flying off the shelves," May said. "Friday alone we probably sold 6,000 to 7,000 rounds of 2.23 mm or 5.56 mm."

May said his ammo shelf is not only cleared out, but prices are peaking online.

"Ten to 11 bucks, you know, for a box of 20," May said. "Now I've seen it priced for 20 bucks, even higher and that's just a small batch of ammunition."

While the AR-15 has a military and law enforcement background, it's become one of May's most popular sellers. He said sportsmen use it to hunt and it's a frequent choice at the shooting range. Gun Owner Nick Lind is one of many opponents of the ban.

"It's like, well I'm not going to buy the gun if I can get the ammo, so you know, the distributors that have the gun have to raise the price and so it's just cause and effect," Lind said.

Opponents like Lind also argue the proposed ban is a violation of their second amendment rights and after legislation previously failed, it's just another way to stop the use of AR-15's.

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