To get the best self defense from a stun gun you should know how it works. When you buy a stun gun learn how it works so you use it in the best way. Here is some information about the principle workings and mechanics of a stun gun.
We all know that our brains tell the rest of our body what to do. Such as when you see a dollar bill on the ground, the brain tells the body “OK, bend over at the waist, extend your arm and pick that money up”. Well, when a low amperage jolt from a stun gun is applied to the body the signals from the brain get all messed up. The electrical pulses or neurotransmitters have a hard time making it to those portions of the body we are trying to control and renders the electrical pulses useless. If a stun gun was applied just as you started reaching for the money on the ground more than likely you would topple to the ground and the body would forget what it was trying to do.
A stun gun causes the brain to go on vacation for a few seconds and the body shuts down. When this happens a great deal of energy is used up by the body. This energy is depleted because the blood sugar level in the body becomes seriously low. The body is sometimes paralyzed momentarily and the attacker cannot function at all. Maybe except to drool a little bit!
The way stun guns work is actually pretty simple. They get their power usually from a little 9 volt battery or they can be rechargeable. Inside the stun gun are transformers that increase the voltage of the battery and at the same time reduce the amperage that is sent into the body. This is not a continuous action as there is a little oscillator that produces a pulsing effect. A capacitor inside the stun gun builds up a charge and sends it to the electrodes at the top of the stun gun. These electrodes are what come in contact with an attacker. That is all there is to the workings of a stun gun. Simple, huh?
If you are confronted by an attacker you can test fire your stun gun before he actually makes a move to attack you. When you test fire the stun gun several things happen that should cause the attacker to leave you alone and look for a weaker victim. The first thing that will occur when you test fire the stun gun is that the attacker will actually be able to see the electric current jumping from one test electrode to the next. The other thing that will probably deter him is that when that current is moving between the test electrodes he will be able to hear a loud crackling noise. Most stun guns have a total of four electrodes, two for test firing and two for transferring the charge into a body.
As you have seen, stun guns are actually pretty simple self defense products. There are many different sizes and models to choose from. They all do basically the exact same thing and that is deliver a very small electric current with about 3 milliamps into the body. They all use a 9 volt battery or are rechargeable. They all disrupt the signal from the brain and incapacitate an attacker.
A few things to keep in mind when you use a stun gun, you must be touching the attacker with the stun gun. You will not get shocked even if you are touching the attacker at the time. These are non-lethal self defense items. Stun guns give you a chance to escape a dangerous situation.
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