Stun Guns and Taser™ devices are reported about all the time. So much so that the average Joe uses those words interchangeably. Stun guns and tasers have a very important tactical difference. Effective Range.

If you need to repel someone, would you want to do it from 0 feet away or up to 15 feet? Up close and personal or from a safer distance?

Stun guns are an effective contact weapon but you must physically touch the person with the prongs of the stun gun. It is also best to hold it on them for many seconds. Stun guns work by rapidly overworking the muscle group and depleting it of blood sugar. See "how stun guns work." In addition to shocking and immobilizing pain and extreme exertions of muscle contraction, the result is similar to muscle failure.

A Taser device such as the new Taser C2, allows you to repel the attacker from up to 15 feet away (7-10 feet being optimum target spread.)

BIG difference from a stun gun which requires direct contact.

Police carry their own version of a Taser device which you hear about if read the news. The police version is similar to the C2's predecessor, Advanced Taser. However, the law enforcement version does have a longer range (21 feet compared to the civilian 15 feet).

So now you know one of the main differences between a "taser" and a "stun gun." Effective range. And you also know that a stun gun is not the same as a Taser. The media still doesn't know any better when they're reporting it, but at least you do.

Taser C2- Stun Gun