In today's news
This is terrible.. but if he doesnt do it with flashlight he find something else. Some people just should not released to the society.
Unfortunately if it wasn't a flashlight it would have been something else.
People kill people.
At least with guns you have to get a background check.
Flashlights don’t beat people, people beat people.
Don’t dope and flash.
So now 4D Mags are gonna require a background check and a 3-day wait period? 
People Kill People with whatever is available. Background checks on guns (or any other weapon) don't reduce killings, they just change the weapon of choice. Historically, at least in the U.S., the only thing that has been shown to reduce killings is allowing the people to carry a gun.
They should put a warning label on flashlights "WARNING! KEEP OUT OF REACH OF ASSHOLES"
6D cell mags are already illegal in Massachusetts 5D is the max they allow you to carry or buy.
Yeah, that sure encourages people to find a less lethal alternative to concealed weapons 
Good thing we have those fine folks with all that power and authority to make these kinds of decisions for us 
Seriously??? Are metal pipes and conduits also illegal?
I can imagine doing something similar to defend my family; you know, senselessly beating the life out of someone. But to do that to someone you supposedly love is just unimaginable.
And baseball bats, tire irons, hammers, fireplace pokers and golf clubs?
I have been told that in UK, gardens are soon to be outlawed and any one who possesses a Garden will be considered a Felon.
It is well known that Gardens often contain Sticks and Stones.
Even a Child knows that "sticks and stones can break your bones".
Anyone who possesses a Garden is a Bloodthirsty Yardie....or even worse....an American.
I live in New Hampshire which allows anyone over 21 to carry a loaded firearm as long as it's not concealed.
In Mass baseball bats also are illegal unless you have a glove and some balls to go with it. I got my ass reamed on that law, that is how I found out about the 6D cell mag law when the cops took it and my aluminum baseball bat. They let me go with a warning because I played nice, yes sure no sure anything you say sir.
I am sure there are limits on pipes and conduit as well, but I live in NH and carry a 6D cell mag and will claim ignorance to the law if caught again.
You have to remember Massachusetts burned witches and many of there laws date back to Puritanical times.
GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
PART IV.
CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES.
TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
CHAPTER 269. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE.
Chapter 269: Section 10. Carrying dangerous weapons...
(b) Whoever, except as provided by law, carries on his
person, or carries on his person or under his control
in a vehicle, any stiletto, dagger or a device or case
which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn
at a locked position, any ballistic knife, or any knife
with a detachable blade capable of being propelled by any
mechanism, dirk knife, any knife having a double-edged blade,
or a switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring
release device by which the blade is released from the
handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches,
or a slung shot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles
or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the
same use with the same or similar effect as metallic
knuckles, nunchaku, zoobow, also known as klackers or
kung fu sticks, or any similar weapon consisting of two
sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a
length of rope, chain, wire or leather, a shuriken or any
similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person
when thrown, or any armband, made with leather which has
metallic spikes, points or studs or any similar device made
from any other substance or a cestus or similar material
weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand,
or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted
ends; or whoever, when arrested upon a warrant for an alleged
crime, or when arrested while committing a breach or disturbance
of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person, or has
on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a billy or
other dangerous weapon other than those herein mentioned and
those mentioned in paragraph (a), shall be punished by
imprisonment for not less than two and one-half years nor more
than five years in the state prison, or for not less than six
months nor more than two and one-half years in a jail or house
of correction, except that, if the court finds that the defendant
has not been previously convicted of a felony, he may be punished
by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction.
That has got to be the longest sentence in the world.
No bigger than a 1.5" blade??? I have to remember this if I ever go to MA.
A bloodthirsty yardie LOL!