| Self-defense is a part of modern life, and not only | | | | They are easy to use, and powerful enough to stop |
| for inner-city environments, either. Some still hold the | | | | even frenzied drug-addled criminals. Tasers can even |
| view that urban areas are inherently dangerous, but | | | | be left behind to pin down the miscreant! That is, if |
| consider this: big cities mean big police forces | | | | they don't knock out the rascal first - sometimes up |
| (relatively speaking, anyway), and thus there is a | | | | to a whole half hour plenty of time for you to call |
| better chance of help in big cities than in small ones. | | | | the police and for them to arrive. |
| Out in the countryside - that is to say, in the middle | | | | Though instruction in their use can be helpful, it really |
| of nowhere - it is probably more dangerous, because | | | | isn't necessary for Tasers. Unfortunately, you need |
| any help would only be available in the form of | | | | to check with your jurisdiction to see whether they |
| three-person county sheriff's departments! | | | | are legal. Civilian-graded Tasers can engage targets |
| This is one reason why it seems that the most | | | | from up to fifteen feet away, while the kind of stun |
| vociferous gun-rights advocates are to be found | | | | gun used by police forces can reach twice that |
| outside the cities. But firearms come with their own | | | | distance, but these liberal states and municipalities the |
| problems, legal and otherwise. They need to be | | | | ones with the most violent street crime, perhaps not |
| licensed by the state or municipality and can also be | | | | so ironically misunderstand the power and purpose of |
| difficult to come by due to the costs involved. They | | | | a stun gun and find it easier to hamper a law abiding |
| need to be properly maintained and safely stored, | | | | citizen's right to self defense than to throw away the |
| and require practice to retain the necessary expertise | | | | jail cell key of criminals! |
| in their use. And all that doesn't even begin to delve | | | | Tasers are widely available nowadays, but only a few |
| into the likely moral complications involved after an | | | | brands offer registered users a lifetime replacement |
| actual discharge. | | | | guarantee: if this stun gun should ever need to be |
| Tasers, however, are available for personal security. | | | | employed but is lost or rendered useless for some |
| These are a specially branded kind of stun gun that | | | | reason, the company will rush you a free |
| temporarily immobilize would-be assailants so you and | | | | replacement upon receipt of a valid police department |
| your loved ones can run to safety and find help. | | | | incident report! |