What Is A Stun Gun And How Does It Work?
Stun guns belong to a class of weapons known as non-lethal weapons. This means that you can use a stun gun to defend yourself without risking that a shot from your hands can end in manslaughter or accidental homicide. Stun guns are often used to neutralize threatening animals without killing them. Although getting shot with a stun gun is certainly painful and unpleasant, it is not fatal so long as the shooter is trained and uses the gun correctly, which makes stun guns popular with officials like policemen and military personnel outside of combat situations. For many years, stun guns have also been widely used by average civilians who want to defend themselves without the burden of potentially ending the life of an attacker.
Stun guns have traditionally worked like regular handguns in that they target only one person at a time. However, recent scientific advances have led to the creation of what are known as sweeping stun guns. These weapons emit a sweeping ray of electricity that can potentially neutralize a large crowd of people at a far distance from the shooter with only a single press of a button. Although sweeping...