SCOTUS just extended the Second Amendment to include stun guns

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A Supreme Court ruling Monday suggested that women's right to carry stun guns for protection in public falls under the Second Amendment, the Los Angeles Times reports.

In the unanimous opinion, the justices said the Second Amendment is not only relevant to weapons "useful in warfare."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.