Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Re: taser guns

A taser is a prohibited offensive weapon. Even possessing one is a misdemeanor of the first degree unless:

" (1) It is a defense under this section for the defendant to prove by a

preponderance of evidence that he possessed or dealt with the weapon

solely as a curio or in a dramatic performance, or that, with the

exception of a bomb, grenade or incendiary device, he complied with the

National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. � 5801 et seq.), or that he possessed

it briefly in consequence of having found it or taken it from an

aggressor, or under circumstances similarly negativing any intent or

likelihood that the weapon would be used unlawfully."