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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
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