Attacker Caught Off Guard by Cell Phone Stun Gun

On a sunny day earlier this year, an attorney in a southeastern metropolitan area was walking down the sidewalk outside the downtown high rise where his firm was located. He carried a brief case and had his suit jacket draped over his arm.

When a street kid came by on a skateboard and attempted to relieve the attorney of the brief case he was not successful. The teenager was unable to wrest the brief case out of his grip quickly enough.

While struggling to maintain his hold with one hand, the attorney used his other hand to get the cell phone stun gun out of its holder on his belt, thumb it to the ON position, and apply a whopping 800,000 volts of stopping power to the kid’s bare wrist.

The kid went down – hard – yelling with the pain. The attorney applied a second stun, kicked him in the slats, recovered his brief case, and kept on walking.

When recounting the tale to his compatriots, the attorney said several things made a big difference in the outcome of the incident.

• He had already made the decision to stand his ground and do the necessary.

• He had already purchased a non lethal weapon to back up his decision.

• He had already taken the time to learn how to use the weapon.

• He had already figured out how to position the weapon on his body in a way that made it easy to reach and easy to use. (Since he carried the brief case in his left hand, the right hand was usually free, so he threaded the carrier on the right side of his belt.)

As in many situations, series of small choices made a big difference in the outcome.