| Stun guns are quite different than bb guns or Paintball | | | | used stun guns in over 800 incidents throughout the |
| Guns. Also referred to as Taser guns, stun guns | | | | United Kingdom. This occurred even though they |
| administer an electrical shock of 50,000 volts. It’s | | | | were authorized to use firearms. Since September of |
| enough to completely disrupt one’s muscle | | | | 2007, British police officers who do not carry a |
| control and disable a person completely. The safety | | | | firearm are now permitted to carry stun guns. In |
| of the use of this weapon has a lot to do with the | | | | 1976, the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, |
| health of the individual who is stunned. Not really | | | | and Firearms categorized the Taser stun gun as a |
| open to the general public, stun guns are primarily | | | | firearm. Soon after, private companies began |
| used by law enforcement officers, private security, | | | | marketing this tool as a self-defense weapon. When |
| and military personnel. However, some U.S. states | | | | marketing to single, at-risk women stun guns are |
| permit civilian use with certain restrictions. | | | | often times stylized to be compact and offered in a |
| For concealment purposes, a stun gun varies in size | | | | range of colors. |
| and shape all across the board. The way a stun gun | | | | According to Amnesty International, from 2001 to |
| works is through battery-powered air. An air stun gun | | | | 2006, there was an estimated 160 deaths due to |
| uses compressed air to discharge electrical darts that | | | | being electrically charged from a stun gun. Because of |
| are attached to a wire. This emits a five-second, | | | | facts such as this stun guns are illegal in the following |
| 50,000-volt charge which can strike one from a | | | | states: Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, |
| distance of up to 21 feet. Most of the time stun | | | | New York, Wisconsin, Rhode Island and Illinois. Stun |
| guns are used in a riot situation but are very | | | | gun possession is legal with some restrictions in Ohio, |
| common in jails and correctional facilities as well. | | | | Washington, North Carolina, Florida, and Connecticut. |
| From the years 2003 to 2007 British police offers | | | | |