possess a stun gun
Topic: Self Defence Weapons. Activity pages act as clean lookup hubs rather than a second content source.
Activity overview
What this hub is for
This activity currently has 23 starter country rows in the reset dataset. The current sample leans toward restricted outcomes, which is enough to test browse flows without pretending the dataset is complete.
Starter comparison cards
These show the countries currently mapped for this activity in the reset dataset.
Belgium
Belgian Justice lists portable devices that use electric shocks to neutralise persons as prohibited weapons. Prohibited weapons cannot lawfully be possessed, bought, transported or carried by civilians.
Canada
Short electric shock devices such as stun guns are prohibited weapons in Canada and ordinary possession is not lawful.
Hong Kong
Possessing a stun gun is not lawful for the public in Hong Kong because a stunning device is treated as arms and possession requires a licence.
Ireland
Irish government guidance says stun guns are totally prohibited items and that importation or possession of stun guns is illegal without lawful authority. Tasers fall within that electric incapacitation category for this row.
Netherlands
Dutch weapons law covers objects that can incapacitate or cause pain by electric shock, and the prosecution guideline identifies a stroomstootwapen as a category II weapon. Ordinary civilian possession is not allowed in the official sources reviewed.
Norway
Norway’s weapon rules treat pepper spray and electroshock weapons as prohibited civilian self-defence weapons. The weapons regulation forbids acquiring, owning and possessing electroshock weapons, pepper spray and similar means.
United Kingdom
High voltage electric stun guns are treated as prohibited weapons in the United Kingdom and ordinary public possession is not lawful.
Australia
Australia does not have one uniform civilian stun-gun rule. Victoria Police classifies a Taser or stun gun as a prohibited weapon, and Victoria Police approval material says prohibited weapons generally require Chief Commissioner approval or an applicable exemption for purchase, possession, carriage or transport. Australian Border Force customs material treats handheld electric-shock devices, including Tasers, stun guns and stun batons, as arms.
All current country rows
The table remains useful for auditing coverage and row state while the data is still sparse.
| Country | Status | Row state |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Depends | verified |
| Belgium | No | verified |
| Canada | No | verified |
| Colombia | Depends | verified |
| Denmark | Depends | verified |
| Finland | Unclear | verified |
| France | Depends | verified |
| Germany | Depends | verified |
| Hong Kong | No | verified |
| India | Unclear | verified |
| Ireland | No | verified |
| Japan | Unclear | verified |
| Netherlands | No | verified |
| New Zealand | Depends | verified |
| Norway | No | verified |
| Poland | Depends | verified |
| Portugal | Depends | verified |
| Singapore | Depends | verified |
| South Korea | Depends | verified |
| Sweden | Depends | verified |
| Switzerland | Depends | verified |
| United Kingdom | No | verified |
| United States | Depends | verified |