The Firearms Policy Coalition and the Second Amendment Foundation have filed a lawsuit challenging New York City’s stun‑gun ban, a ban that should have died years ago.
New York’s statewide prohibition on stun guns was struck down in 2019, but the city kept its own ban on the books anyway. Now FPC and SAF are taking aim at that law, pointing out that the U.S. Supreme Court has already signaled that stun guns are protected under the Second Amendment in Caetano v. Massachusetts.
FPC announced the lawsuit on social media with a characteristically blunt message:
C’mon New York, how many times is SCOTUS gonna have to tell you this? Arms are arms, and all of them are protected.”
While these groups are best known for defending firearm rights, they’ve increasingly stepped in to protect other arms as well, including knives, which have become a growing battleground in the broader fight for Second Amendment protections.
And of course, leave it to New York City to make life easier for criminals who don’t follow the law in the first place, while continuing to disarm and prosecute ordinary people simply for exercising their constitutional rights. The city’s approach has always been backwards: punish the victims, empower the predators.
With lower courts still trying to find creative ways to dodge or undermine Supreme Court precedent, it’s likely the justices will have to step in yet again. New York City’s stun‑gun ban is just one more example of officials refusing to accept what the Court has already made clear.
