| When it comes to your personal safety you need to | | | | within reach of your attacker in order to deliver the |
| make sure that you are prepared to ward off | | | | charge. |
| attackers who wish to do you harm. It doesn't matter if | | | | A taser gun uses much of the same technology as a |
| you are a man or a woman; it's smart to have a plan | | | | standard stun gun. The attacker is stunned with the |
| in place if someone decides to harm you. For this | | | | same charge and reacts much the same way as with |
| reason it is advised to research different means of | | | | a stun gun. The main difference is that unlike a stun |
| protection. Everyone is different and tends to have a | | | | gun, you don't have to be right next to the attacker to |
| different preference on what type of defense | | | | deliver the charge. The stun guns charge electrodes |
| weapon they wish to use. | | | | are within the unit itself. With the taser gun, they are |
| For those who don't wish to carry around a gun but | | | | connected by wires. This is so that when you pull the |
| want a little more protection than pepper spray can | | | | trigger on the taser gun it is propelled towards the |
| offer, might want look into the possibility or purchasing | | | | attacker much like a gun. With the help of small barbs, |
| a stun gun or a taser gun. | | | | the wires latch onto the attacker and sends the shock |
| Although similar in many aspects, a stun gun and a | | | | the same way as a stun gun. |
| taser gun are not the same thing. A stun gun is a | | | | The advantage of a taser gun is that you don't have |
| weapon that allows you to disable your attacker by | | | | to be right next to the attacker, you can be within a 15 |
| giving them a short non-lethal high voltage electric | | | | foot distance to shoot your attacker. Another |
| shock. When you use a stun gun on someone you are | | | | advantage the taser has over the stun gun is that the |
| basically giving them a charge of electricity that won't | | | | taser also functions as a contact stun gun if you do |
| cause permanent damage, but will allow you a few | | | | not wish to deploy the 'darts'. |
| minutes to get away. The charge confuses the | | | | Before purchasing either type of weapon, you need to |
| attacker's nervous system and causes movement | | | | research the laws in your state, city, or county. Stun |
| and thought to be quite difficult for a short amount of | | | | guns and taser guns are restricted in certain areas. |
| time. | | | | Either weapon is a great form of protection depending |
| Most stun guns can be held in your hand and receive | | | | on your preferences. The main difference between |
| their power from a 9 volt battery. What's nice is that | | | | the two weapons is the stun gun is for close contact |
| the charge is strong enough to pass through heavy | | | | stunning. The taser is for close contact stunning or the |
| clothing, but there is no transference to you if the | | | | attacker can be shot at within 15 feet with 'darts' |
| attacker should touch you while you deliver a charge. | | | | connected to the end of the 15 feet of wire. |
| The one downfall to a stun gun is that you have to be | | | | |