'Illegal Stun Sun"

A 12-year-old kid ordered a stun gun from Amazon and his mother intercepted it, which is a good thing. But the stun gun is only illegal to own for ANYBODY in a few states. One of them is New Jersey, a New England State, of course, where ANYTHING a person might use for self-defense is illegal to own. It was Amazon's mistake not to have a system in place to keep that youngster from buying it, but it's New Jersey's mistake to make it illegal for EVERYBODY to own one. I have PERSONALLY saved myself from a beating in a “road rage” incident, and I know how helpful they can be, without being a “deadly weapon,” as some people claim. Yes, I know, several people have died after being hit by a POLICE stun gun, which is much more powerful that those sold to individuals. But so far, in EVERY CASE, the “victim” has been shown to have died from OTHER CAUSES, not from the stun gun. Like the guy a cop stunned and caused to fall from a second story perch, who died of his injuries. The headline predictably was, “Man Dies After Being Stun Gunned,” which is, while technically not a lie, is deliberately misleading to the reader. (ABC)