Tacoma lifts ban on stun guns within city limits

TACOMA – The city of Tacoma has dropped its ban on stun guns.

KCPQ-TV reported that the city’s residents can now use or buy the weapon after the City Council voted to repeal a stun-gun ordinance.

The ordinance was imposed in 2006 following complaints of convenient stores selling a variety of weapons.

Only law enforcement officers, department of corrections officers, animal control officers and military personnel were legally allowed to carry stun guns in Tacoma under the ban. Carrying a stun gun was punishable by up to a year in jail.

The ban’s removal follows a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning rules prohibiting stun guns in Massachusetts.