What are the effects of a Stun Gun? (2024)

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What are the effects of a Stun Gun? ›

Tasers, AKA stun guns, cause your muscles to seize up, which can make them sore for days after. Puncture wounds, cuts, and bruises are common injuries following a shock from a Taser or stun gun. In rare cases, Tasers can damage kidney function or cause testicular torsion.

When you get hit with a stun gun, you feel a sharp pain, and you also feel a strong “push”. To me, I compare the feeling to being hit with a baseball bat. It stings, and then the pain fades. Then I usually “tingle” for a few minutes as the electricity dissipates.

Incapacitation lasts for the duration of the discharge, which is typically 5 seconds but can be 15 seconds or longer if pressure on the trigger is maintained. The TASER X26 battery has the capacity to deliver up to 195 discharges of 5 seconds each,¹ which corresponds to a duration of over 15 minutes.

Stun guns and tasers are called "electronic weapons." They are handheld weapons that use electricity to stun a person. The electricity causes uncontrollable muscle contractions. After being stunned with electricity, the person usually falls to the ground.

TASER^© guns (Axon Enterprise, Scottsdale, Arizona) fire barbed dart-like electrodes attached by wires to penetrate the subject's skin and deliver an immediate electric shock. This device is believed to deliver electricity potentially as high as 50,000 volts [1-2].

Short-Term Effects

In the days following a tasering, individuals may experience soreness, bruising, and skin irritation. These symptoms usually resolve within a few days, although they can persist for up to a week.

The neck, under the arms, stomach, thighs, and groin area will have the most impact as points of contact. The face and neck are effective and painful targets as well. Think large muscle groups or places with lots of nerves, that is the ideal place to shock an attacker.

Most stun guns will work through light clothing, but keep in mind that heavy or bulky clothing or jackets will reduce their effectiveness.

A: TASER energy weapons are designed to temporarily incapacitate a subject only as long as the electrical cycle . . . meaning the subject can recover immediately and most feel no residual side-effects. There are no known long-term effects from being exposed to a TASER energy weapon.

It is mostly used by law enforcement agencies while some models are developed for personal use. Compared to a stun gun, the TASER gun has the advantage of extended range since it does not need close contact with the attacker. The user can simply shoot the charged electrodes which are connected to the gun via two wires.

Can I walk around with a stun gun? ›

Almost all states allow civilians to have and carry a stun gun or a Taser for personal protection.

Usually, this tingling goes away in a few minutes. If you do not have damage to the skin or other symptoms, there is no reason to worry.

Electricity does not stay in the body but passes through, charging the electrons that cause damage to the victim. Electricity travels at the speed of light, so there is no way for it to stay in a body but travel through it, exiting from any point.

Sold by Axon, formerly TASER International, the device fires two small barbed darts intended to puncture the skin and remain attached to the target, at 55 m/s (120 mph; 200 km/h). Their range extends from 4.5 m (15 ft) for non-Law Enforcement Tasers to 10.5 m (34 ft) for Law Enforcement Tasers.

While effects of the Stun Gun do not cause serious injury, they are effective and will bring the attacker an extreme amount of discomfort and pain. In a nut shell, the stun gun sends a shock wave to the nervous system and essentially over works the muscles. This causes severe pain.

Though the two terms are often used interchangeably, stun guns are actually direct contact weapons that work mainly through pain compliance by affecting the sensory nervous system. It can also cause some muscular disruption, but that generally requires 3–5 seconds of direct contact.

While a TASER device is just as painful as a normal stun gun, it's more effective at incapacitating muscle functions so an attacker can't move. The projectile prongs on TASERs make them ubiquitous among law enforcement agencies with police TASER devices offering more range than consumer models—up to 35 feet.

The rest of the time: no. Tasers (and stun guns) are designed to temporarily incapacitate a subject, not knock them unconscious.