| A stun gun is a hand-held, battery-operated device | | | | more bulky to handle.There are stun batons that work |
| designed to deliver an electric shock to an attacker. | | | | in a similar manner as stun guns, but are from 16 to 20 |
| They are not guns in the normal sense as we know | | | | inches long which gives you a little more reach to the |
| them to be. Stun guns do not shoot bullets or anything | | | | attacker. Some have a metal strip approximately 6 |
| else. A stun gun has two prongs at the end of the | | | | inches down the baton from the tip that stops the |
| device that emits an electrical spark once the trigger is | | | | attacker from grabbing it and taking it away.The |
| pressed. This electrical shock will "stun" the attacker | | | | element of surprise can be very effective when you |
| through his clothes and into his body.The electrical | | | | are trying to defend yourself. Stun guns are designed |
| current emitted by the depression of the trigger works | | | | as batons, guns, pens, cell phones, and some has |
| to upset the muscle control of the attacker. The | | | | curved handles as well as straight.How does a stun |
| neurological balance of the muscles is upset causing a | | | | gun work?The stun gun works to disrupt the |
| loss in the control of muscle movement. It works | | | | neurological impulses that control the muscle |
| extremely fast, causing disorientation and loss of | | | | movement and control. The voltage is usually high and |
| balance. The process takes only a few moments and | | | | provides the "power" to push the low amperage into |
| is painful to the attacker. When the trigger is | | | | the attackers body. This amperage interrupts the |
| depressed and the stun gun is held against the | | | | neurological impulses that travel through the body that |
| attacker for several seconds, the effects can last for | | | | control and direct the voluntary muscle movement. |
| up to 30 minutes.The voltage in stun guns can be as | | | | One of the results is a loss of energy available to the |
| high as 900,000 volts, but the amperage is low. The | | | | muscles because of the speed in which this interruption |
| shock will not cause permanent damage to the | | | | occurs. The ending result is that the stun leaves the |
| attacker.What are the sizes and styles of stun | | | | attacker disoriented with a loss of balance and leaves |
| guns?Stun guns come in several different sizes and | | | | the attacker in a passive and confused condition for |
| shapes. They are designed to be held in an average | | | | several minutes.A one-second contact with the stun |
| hand and some are almost small enough to be | | | | gun will generally repel, startle the attacker, and cause |
| concealed by a person's hand. The development in | | | | muscle contraction. A two second contact will cause a |
| technology does not determine the size of the stun | | | | continuation of muscle spasms and put the attacker in |
| gun, but the size and strength of the battery will | | | | a dazed state. Three or more seconds of contact will |
| determine how long the stun gun will be effective.The | | | | probable cause loss of balance, muscle control, mental |
| new mini stun guns are very small with voltage ratings | | | | confusion and disorientation. The attacker will possibly |
| from 50,000 to 900,000 volts. The stopping power of | | | | be unable to recover for several minutes and the |
| these small stun guns is surprisingly as good as the | | | | effects may last up to 30 minutes.Remember, stun |
| larger models.Most stun guns are about six inches long; | | | | guns or other self defense products may not stop a |
| some are larger and some are smaller. The larger stun | | | | determined |
| guns are more effective than the smaller ones, but are | | | | attacker. |