[liberty boy]

Is there any truth in the doubts expressed by security guards that stun guns require at least five seconds of contact with the assailant's body to deliver the disabling effect claimed for them. The manuafacturers claim that they instantly disable the attacker. If the criticism of them are true then it means they're practically useless in a melee. What attacker is going to let you hold something against him for five seconds or so?

[liberty boy]

http://www.ou.edu/oupd/zappers.htm

not a ringing endorsement

[mec]

I attended a personal safety class in conjunction with my job. the police officer who presented it couldn't believe we didn't carry guns "I don't visit my mother in law without my gun."

She asked for a volunteer to be shocked by a "civilian" model stun gun that put out 35,000 or 50,000 volts. I hung back but my woman supervisor stepped forward. She jerked back from the instrument and scowled. The officer then passed the thing around. by then, I was not afraid of it anymore and held it to my forearm. It produced a mild tingle.

After that, I visited a couple of stun gun displays at gunshows. These ranged upward in powder to the 190-250,000 volt range.I held these against my forearm with a ball point pin between thumb and forefinger. The shock was fairly painful, left red marks and vibrated my arm considerably but I did not release the ball point pin. I''ve also held them against my leg and the sensation is far less intense. I got away from the display before the vendor decided to hit me with something more effective. I do not believe one of thse would make me fall down unless I wanted to just to encourage the user to stop.

after brusing up against a low voltage fence charger with my head, I do believe that holding one of these things to the skull would make somebody do the serious chicken.

[liberty boy]

what are fence chargers tell us more.

Sadly people buying stun guns some even resembling mobile phones -as that easy to use consumer friendly total security against attackers have been misled. maybe we can await the next genration which might be much improved

[jeff-10]

I attended a personal safety class in conjunction with my job.

Same here. An that class basically proved Stun Guns and pepper spray are useless. Now Tasers are a different story.

[mec]

what are fence chargers tell us more.

bare electric wire with low voltage running /pulsing through it. Keeps the cows and sometimes, your dog, in.

I know people who experimented with tasers and were impressed. sounds like they work better than stun guns.