How Stun Guns Really Work

We’ve published a few articles on this theme, how stun guns work, in the past year or so. We recently came across an explanation on “How Stuff Works” which is remarkably detailed and fun to read. Check it out:

On th­e old "Star Trek" series, Captain Kirk and his crew never left the ship without their trusty phasers. One of the cooles­t things about these weapons was the "stun" setting. Unless things were completely out of control (as they frequently were), the Enterprise crew always stunned their adversaries, rendering them temporarily unconscious, rather than killing them.

We're still a ways off from this futuristic weaponry, but millions of police officers, soldiers and ordinary citizens do carry real-life stun weapons to protect against personal attacks. Like the fictional phasers of "Star Trek," these devices are designed to temporarily incapacitate a person without doing any long-term damage.

In this article, we'll find out how stun guns and Taser guns pull off this remarkable feat. While these weapons are by no means infallible, they can save lives in certain situations.

...To read more from HowStuffWorks go here

This is perhaps the best written articles about the workings of stun guns and TASER that I’ve ever read.