Last year, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts – the highest court in the state -- upheld the criminal conviction of a woman named Jaime Caetano who was arrested and convicted because she possessed what the authorities said was an unlawful weapon. The weapon was a stun gun, which she obtained for self-defense against her abusive and violent ex-boyfriend.
An End Run Around the Second Amendment
An End Run Around the Second Amendment
An End Run Around the Second Amendment
Last year, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts – the highest court in the state -- upheld the criminal conviction of a woman named Jaime Caetano who was arrested and convicted because she possessed what the authorities said was an unlawful weapon. The weapon was a stun gun, which she obtained for self-defense against her abusive and violent ex-boyfriend.