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Stun guns.
Monday, 20 December 2010

To be specific, pocket stun guns.They are electroshock weapons. Are they really the best in public care option. Are you really secure carrying one?

Known as a regular commuter, a friend of mine suggested that I carry one with me. I don't even know how these things really work. So today, I started doing my research and luckily I found an article on how stun guns work and if they are lethal or not, and all that:

How does a stun gun work?

The way a stun gun works is by interrupting the communication signals from the brain to the body. A stun gun does not harm a person permanently; it only temporarily disrupts the way our body functions. A stun gun won't cause damage in the long run because the electricity that it delivers into a person's body is very high voltage but low amperage electrical charge. In this way, the charge is not intense enough to cause any long term damage to the person.

So when you press the stun gun against a person and deliver the shock to them, a few things happen contributing to their following [stunned] condition. The electric shock delivered by the stun gun will combine with the electric signals from the brain and this will confuse your body and make it hard to move. Another effect the stun gun can have is causing a person to do excessive amounts of work directed towards nothing in a particularly short period of time. This will use all of the persons energy so that they will temporarily be unable to do anything.

When triggered, the stun gun emits a bright electrical blast that is quite intimidating and makes a very loud popping noise that will attract the attention of anyone within earshot.

Can Stun Guns be Lethal?

Stunguns can't be lethal they don't have enough amperage to kill someone. They only effect the regular muscles in your body not the vital organs such as the heart or any of those organs. They just temporarily stun your muscles and makes a person fall to the ground and make it feel like they fell off a 2 story building and they are very confused and disoriented for minutes afterward. Stun guns do not kill. However, on persons with a heart condition or other medical problems, it is possible. Just as possible as someone sneaking up behind a person with a heart condition and saying 'BOO' in his ear.

Hmmm... maybe a cellphone stun gun is cool, eh? But the truth is, I don't like the idea.

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