• Indiana law permits citizens to purchase stun guns with restrictions.gavel image by Cora Reed from Fotolia.com
  
  Chapter 8 of the Indiana Code is entitled "Regulation of Stun Weapons, Tasers and Stun Guns." It lists specific laws and restrictions concerning stun guns in Section 5, IC 35-47-8-5. The Code states that laws concerning Tasers and electronic stun weapons are covered in Chapter 2's handgun provisions and differentiates those weapons from stun guns.
  
  

Definition

• Indiana defines a stun gun as a mechanism that emits the equivalent of a 5 milliamp, 60 hertz or less of "electronic, magnetic or other type of charge," with the purpose of "temporarily incapacitating a person." This distinguishes stun guns from "electronic stun weapons," which Indiana defines as mechanisms whose electric shocks exceed 5 milliamp, 60 hertz shocks, also used for temporary incapacitation of a person. Neither of these are the same as "Tasers," which Indiana recognizes as mechanisms that deliver electric shocks through the use of projectiles that temporarily incapacitate the targeted person.
  
  

Age Restriction

• In Indiana, a private citizen must be 18 or older to purchase a stun gun. It's a Class B misdemeanor to sell a stun gun to anyone who is under 18.
  
  

Usage

• The Indiana statute does not specify age when stating that it's a Class A Misdemeanor for anyone to use a stun gun while committing a crime. It's a Class D felony to use stun guns on law enforcement officers while they're performing their duties.