Ramirez v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · No. SJC 12340 · 94 N.E.3d 809
👍Favorable to gun rights
struck down the stun gun ban as facially invalid and ordered the charge dismissed
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What the court held
Jorge Ramirez was charged under a Massachusetts statute that bars civilians from possessing stun guns. The Supreme Judicial Court held the absolute prohibition violates the Second Amendment and, finding nothing that could be severed to save it, declared the statute facially invalid and directed that the stun gun charge be dismissed. Entry of judgment was stayed for sixty days to give the legislature time to amend the law.
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What this case is about
Massachusetts stun gun prohibition under the Second Amendment
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Key Dates
- 2018-04-17 — Decided
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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