| There is no shortage of danger out there in today's | | | | acid. Remember the last workout or jog you had, |
| world. Whether you live in small-town America or the | | | | when your muscles started to burn? That was lactic |
| big bad city, crime seems like a permanent fixture in | | | | acid, which makes it hard for your muscles to do |
| society. It's no wonder, then, that tools of | | | | anymore work. |
| self-defense have become one of fastest-growing | | | | The electricity from the stun gun also causes a |
| items on people's shopping lists. And at the top of | | | | "blackout" in the whole nervous system, so the |
| the list, for both everyday civilians and even cops, | | | | messages between the brain, spinal cord, and nerves |
| are stun guns. | | | | get interrupted. The total end result from the stun |
| Stun guns work by zapping an attacker with a high | | | | gun is a person who can't move their muscles, who |
| electrical voltage. Usually, the "gun" is more of a | | | | loses their balance and their bearing, and remains 'out |
| wand, something you wield in your hand, which has | | | | of it' and harmless for several minutes afterward. |
| two metal prongs at the end. The charge emanates | | | | Of course, like anything else, the stun gun has a |
| from these prongs, so you'll want to touch the bad | | | | different effect depending on the person it is used |
| guy with those. Then zap! watch as the stun gun | | | | on. Some people may go down like a sack of |
| immobilizes him or her. | | | | potatoes after only a second of touching the stun |
| No worries, though, on whether or not you severely | | | | gun, while another attacker my need five seconds of |
| harmed the attacker. Stun guns are designed to | | | | exposure to the stun gun to be incapacitated. There |
| incapacitate somebody, not to kill them, so the | | | | is a direct relationship between the time a person is |
| charge that they put out has more bark than bite. | | | | exposed to the stun gun, and the effects of the |
| Stun guns have just the right amount of bark to do | | | | stun gun. In other words, the longer you hold the |
| the trick. | | | | stun gun to someone, the more debilitated they |
| They work by completely discombobulating a | | | | become. Once a person is down, and you cease and |
| person's nervous system. As you probably learned in | | | | desist with the weapon, the effects will eventually |
| high school biology class, the human nervous system | | | | wear off. |
| includes our brain, spinal cord, and nerves, and it | | | | Unlike other forms of electricity, the stun gun's |
| works by passing along electrical signals from the | | | | power cannot be passed by touching the person |
| brain to all parts of our body. It's what helps us to | | | | being hit, or by standing in a puddle with them. That |
| speak and see, and our nervous system allows us to | | | | is good news for you. |
| move our muscles at will, as well as involuntarily. | | | | When buying a stun gun, you should consider its |
| The stun gun stops all that. The energy pulse causes | | | | voltage and size. Of course, if you're carrying the |
| a person's muscles to go practically haywire, | | | | stun gun in a small purse, you'll need a small stun gun. |
| contracting at a very high movement rate. All of this | | | | But try to buy the highest voltage stun gun possible. |
| muscle activity causes the muscles to put out lactic | | | | |