Via Instapundit, a fashionable TASER, delivered right to your door! Better-looking than the iPhone, and probably more fun to use… But alas, the fact that
In field uses by law enforcement against dangerous suspects, TASER technology has among the lowest injury rates of any force option.
makes no difference to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which cares more about the health of your attacker (given who I imagine the likeliest users would be, let’s say “your rapist”) than they care about you. Despite the requirement that purchasers pass a felony background check:
Taser products cannot be sold in the following states, cities, counties and municipalities and include, but may not be limited to: New Jersey; District of Columbia; Hawaii; Massachusetts; Michigan; New York; Rhode Island; Wisconsin; Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore County, MD; Annapolis, MD; South Bend, IN; and Howard County, MD.
“It is terrible to contemplete how few politicians are hanged.”
Or, you know, TASERed, in the junk, forever.