| Stun guns are an increasingly popular
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| | gun will temporarily incapacitate a
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| self defense tool especially among women.
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| | potential attacker who is out to get you.
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| Stun guns are not lethal like firearms
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| | What are other types of stun guns?
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| and not lacerative like knives. These
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| | There is a law enforcement edition of a
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| stun guns have the ability to put down an
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| | stun gun called the Taser. Most popular
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| attacker with a simple push of a button.
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| | among law enforcement personnel is the
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| It is the voltage in stun guns that can
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| | M-18 Taser stun gun. A Taser stun gun
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| put down an attacker.
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| | contains two metal darts that are
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| What is a stun gun?
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| | connected to fine, threadlike wiring.
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| Traditionally, a stun gun is a handheld
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| | Once a Taser stun gun is fired upon a
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| device that has a trigger and two metal
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| | perpetrator, the two darts stick to the
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| prongs at the end of the unit. One must
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| | person's body. The handheld unit of the
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| make contact with the perpetrator by
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| | Taser stun gun contains the trigger that,
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| placing the two metal prongs of the stun
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| | once pulled, will send an electric shock
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| gun anywhere on his body and pulling the
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| | through the wiring, through the darts,
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| trigger. The stun gun is operated by a
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| | and into the person. The ultimate result
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| power source provided usually by a 9 V
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| | will be that the perpetrator will fall to
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| battery.
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| | the ground in agonizing pain.
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| How does a stun gun work?
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| | This particular stun gun is very
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| An electric shock will be delivered to
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| | effective in short range (up to 15 feet)
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| the attacker's muscles thus causing
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| | confrontations without the user having to
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| severe muscular contractions that will
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| | come into physical contact with the
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| produce lactic acid. Lactic acid is a
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| | perpetrator.
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| byproduct produced by the muscles when a
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| | Stun batons are another kind of stun gun
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| muscle is being overworked from the
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| | device. Stun batons are a fan favorite
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| effects of the stun gun. Lactic acid will
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| | among security guards. With their
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| result when fatiguing a muscle that is
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| | extended reach, one can maintain a
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| exposed to repeated electric shock from a
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| | distance between himself and the
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| stun gun.
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| | perpetrator. These stun batons have two
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| Furthermore, the electric shock from the
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| | metal strips on each side of the baton.
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| stun gun will interrupt the attacker's
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| | If the perpetrator attempts to grab the
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| nervous system and minimize communication
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| | baton, he will be electrified. Our stun
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| from the brain to the peripheral nerves.
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| | batons come in two flavors, 300,000 V and
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| This interruption in "nerve flow" as well
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| | 500,000 V, and measure 16" in length.
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| as the electrifying effects of the stun
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