 | TASERS®
A TASER® is a non-lethal self-defense weapon that uses compressed inert gas (nitrogen) to shoot two needle-like probes at an attacker in order to deliver a non lethal shock.
The probes travel at a speed of 135 feet per second.
When the probes attach to the attacker's clothes or skin, an electric shock passes between them and through the body,thus incapacitating the assailant's neuromuscular system. The attacker will lose all body control and coordination. A TASER® will continue to deliver the electrical charge in an auto-timed sequence of an initial charge of several seconds followed by several short bursts. This keeps the assailant from recovering from the initial shock and pulling out the probes. During this sequence of periodic shocks, the victim can abandon the TASER® and escape, if need be.
A TASER® cartridge only holds one set of probes. Once fired, the spent taser cartridge must be replaced before it can fire more probes. However, if the user misses the target or if there is more than one attacker, the end of the taser can be used as a stun gun. By pressing the end of the TASER® against the attacker or against his clothes,the electric shock passes into the attacker, incapacitating him just like a stun gun.
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