Taser vs Stun Guns

TASERS vs STUN GUNS....Choose yourself!!!!!

A  recent study conducted by Dr. William Bozeman ,associate professor of emergency medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center,suggested that Taser shots to the chest are no more dangerous than those delivered to other body locations. Dr. Bozeman and his colleagues reviewed 1201 cases of real –life Taser uses by law enforcement agancies. It was found that 22 percent cases involved the device’s probes Landing on the suspect’s chest and delivering an electrical charge that may have traveled across the heart area. None of the suspects with Taser shots to the chest were found to have heart-related complications, and they did not have a higher injury rate than suspects with Taser shots elsewhere on the body.

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Tests conducted by the Cleveland clinic found that Tasers did not interfere with pacemakers and implanted defibrillators. Any modern pacemaker is designed to withstand electrical defibrillator pulses that are hundreds of times stronger than the Taser's output. The Taser current of 0.3 joules is well below the 10-50 joule threshold above which cardiac ventricular fibrillation can occur.
This study shows that Tasers are safe and effective and pose minimal risk of injury.

A major problem encountered while using stun guns was that they were deadly for the heart patients. Atleast one person in a thousand has a pacemaker. They are extremely vulnerable to the threats posed by stun guns. The pacemakers are busted by the high currents of stun guns and people die on the spot.

Why is being Tasered better than getting shocked with a million volt stun gun?

In today’s society, individual safety is an ever-growing concern. The high crime rates and assaults in the major cities resulted in  the engineering and development of personal defence weapons such as Tasers and stun guns.

Tasers and stun guns  both are non-lethal electronic self-defence weapons. These devices are reported about all the time. So much so that an average person gets confused and uses these words interchangeably. Though both of them are used for personal safety, they are not the same.

Stun guns are close proximity self defence devices that transmit high voltage electricity to stop an attacker. Touching a person with the prongs on the stun gun leads to pain, shock, muscular contraction, loss of balance and immobilization .

A Taser is an electronic control device that uses electric current to disrupt muscle control to stop an attacker. TASER devices can be used both close and far range.it shoots two metal probe darts which have a range of 15 feet. When these probes come in contact with the target’s body or clothing, they deliver an electrical signal into his neural network. This causes involuntary muscle contractions and impairment of motor skills.

Some major differences are:

•  Wattage level: The stun gun can transmit voltage  in the range of 20,000 and 1,000,000. The usage of stun gun varies between 7 and 14 W.

          The Taser can transmit up to 50,000 V with the usage of 18 W electricity. 
          Stun guns disrupt only the nervous system whereas a Taser affects not only the nervous       system but also the muscular system.

• Effectiveness: A Taser is 100 percent successful in taking down an attacker whereas a stun gun is only 86 percent successful. This means that people recover more quickly from the effects of the stunner and if the attacker is high on drugs he may not feel anything at all.

• Distance is another important factor in making the right choice.The stun gun must be held directly to the attacker’s body. This could be dangerous as getting too close to the attacker might harm the person.The advantage of using a taser is that it has an effective range up to 15 feet.

• Price is another difference. The Taser has more advantages compared to the stun gun therefore it has a high price.  There are additional options that come with the guns including flashlights, laser sights and more. These are effective ways to immobilize a man temporarily. The size varies as well; both of these weapons are small enough to be carried in a hand bag or a pocket.

One must know the differences between stun guns and Tasers so that a right decision could be made while purchasing a device for one’s own personal safety and protection.