Stun Guns Don’t Backfire

“What if the bad guy touches me while I have the stun gun in contact with him?” asked a thoughtful but cautious woman.

She had been surprised by a burglar when she returned home late one evening. After parking in the garage and closing the outside door, she entered through the laundry room only to come face-to-face with the invader, who beat her viciously before leaving.

In considering how to up her level of personal protection she rejected firearms because of her fear that an assailant could take it away and use it on her. She reasoned that with a stun gun or a Taser she could at least slow him down enough to escape with minimal damage. Nevertheless, her concern is a reasonable one.

Stun guns do not rely on pain to stop the attacker. Because of the way stun guns work, the high voltage and low amperage are able to disable an attacker for several minutes, providing time to escape or to get help. They work by taking the stored energy from the gun and blasting it into the muscles of the assailant. All that energy makes the muscles do an incredible amount of work very, very quickly. It is rather like doing 50 pushups in a single minute. The necessary muscles would be burning and need recovery time.

Because the work cycle is so fast, the blood sugar is converted to lactic acid, which means he cannot find any energy to use in working his muscles. His body simply cannot function properly.

Also, the effect of all that energy literally interrupts the process of providing neurological impulses that control and direct voluntary muscle movement. During the time the assailant’s neuromuscular system is reacting to being jolted by the stun gun, he cannot keep his balance.

The best part is that if the attacker is able to touch you, the current will NOT be conducted to you. It will not go through your body. The result is that you can break contact while he is incapacitated and beat a hasty retreat with no ill effects – except perhaps the rapid heartbeat that usually follows a narrow escape.