| Finding the right device for personal defense these | | | | give you time to get away, and makes your attacker |
| days can be tricky. Rape whistles call for help, but do | | | | think twice about pursuing you. |
| nothing to stop your assailant. Pepper spray is | | | | IS IT SAFE? |
| effective, but the wind has been known to blow it | | | | Being hit with a stun gun is painful, disorientating, and |
| back in the victim's face. Cheap stun guns, however, | | | | immobilizing, but causes no permanent damage. It |
| are small but powerfully effective self defense | | | | causes no damage to the heart or other organs, and |
| products that will both surprise and disable your | | | | is not lethal. You will not be shocked; even if you are |
| attacker. | | | | touching your attacker at the same time you are |
| WHAT IS A CHEAP STUN GUN? | | | | shocking them with your stun gun. |
| A cheap stun gun is a small electrical device that can | | | | HOW MUCH DO THEY COST? |
| quickly and effectively immobilize an attacker. It is | | | | There is a wide range of stun gun prices, depending |
| small, easy to carry and conceal, runs off of regular | | | | on size, shape, power, and various features. |
| batteries, and are usually under $100, sometimes at | | | | Generally, they are less than $100. For people on |
| little as $20. It is an excellent non-lethal self-defense | | | | tighter budgets, however, cheap stun guns are |
| weapon. | | | | available. The Talon Mini and the Stun Master 100K, |
| HOW DOES IT WORK? | | | | for example, are both available for under $25. |
| Although given a fancy, high tech name that sounds | | | | ARE CHEAP STUN GUNS AS GOOD? |
| like something out of science fiction, a stun gun is a | | | | 'Cheap' does not mean 'poor quality'. Cheap stun guns |
| fairly simple device. It is a small, rectangular device | | | | are smaller and less powerful. You may have to keep |
| with two electrical contacts on one end. When the | | | | a cheap one in contact with your attacker for a few |
| two contacts are placed against a conductor (like the | | | | more seconds to achieve the same effect-on the |
| human body), the electrical current flows from one | | | | other hand, however, you should always maintain |
| contact, and through the body to the other. | | | | contact with your assailant as long as possible for |
| When pressed against an attacker, a charge of | | | | maximum effect before trying to escape. And, of |
| high-voltage (but low amperage) electricity is dumped | | | | course, having a cheap, lower powered stun gun is |
| into the human body at a high pulse frequency. This | | | | still better than having no stun gun at all. |
| causes the muscles to contract and expand very | | | | The Talon delivers 80,000 volts, runs off a 9-volt |
| quickly (but not efficiently). This rapid cycle drains the | | | | commercial battery, and costs around $22.00. The |
| muscles of blood sugar (by converting it to lactic | | | | Stun Master series puts out between 100,000 to |
| acid) in just a few seconds. A good analogy would be | | | | 300,000 volts depending on the model, and have a |
| doing so many pushups you can't do any more, and | | | | reputation for being durable and reliable. Selling for |
| your muscles are then too tired to do much else. | | | | between, $19.00 and $30.00 depending on the model, |
| This is the effect a stun gun has on your attacker. | | | | the Stun Master series delivers a winning combination |
| Your attacker is also left confused, off-balance, and | | | | of low price and high power. |
| disoriented for a few minutes because the stun gun's | | | | Don't underestimate the value of a cheap stun gun. |
| electrical charge disrupts the tiny neurological impulses | | | | There are many varieties out there. |
| in the body that control muscle movement. This will | | | | |