PPS-Safety

I get a lot of questions about TASERs versus Stun Guns.  I’ll try to quickly fill you in on the differences. 

The TASER works on your bodies electrical system, it overrides the normal electrical activity that the brain uses to tell your muscles how to move, by basically shorting it out. This is why when a person is hit with it, they can’t move and just freeze. You loose control of your muscle movement. 

This is unlike a stun gun, which works on your large muscle groups. A stun gun basically caused your muscles to “twitch” at an extremely high rate of speed, therefor causing an enormous lactic acid build up in a short period of time. This is why after a stun gun hit you feel as if you just worked out for a day straight, without any rest. 

You might notice that on videos, when someone has a stun gun used on them, they recover slowly. They are exhausted and their muscles are tired. When you see them recover from being hit with a TASER, they are able to recover much faster, due to the fact that they regain control of their electrical system.  Most of what they feel is the shock of not being able to control themselves. 

A Civilian TASER fires two probes attached to wires that travel out to 15 feet (a police model is good for 25 feet), and can be purchased with a laser for accurate targeting.  They are quickly reload-able for follow on shots or you can make physical contact this the target and get the same effects.  A Stun Gun must make contact with the target and is more effective the longer you are able to hole it against you target, allowing more current to travel through the target. 

When the probes make contact, the taser discharges electricity for a number of seconds, in short bursts, allowing you to set it down and make your escape.  TASER is kind enough to replace your lost TASER for free,  after an attack, by simply supplying them with a police report.  They don’t want anyone afraid of loosing their investment, and therefor not using their TASER. 

You have to register your TASER online with TASER International to receive an activation code when you purchase it. Your newly purchased TASER will be inoperable until it is registered.  There is a $9.95 fee to register, which covers an instant criminal history check.  When a TASER is discharge it drops small paper tags so that the police can identify who registered the TASER. This is designed to facilitate tracking down anyone who might misuse the TASER.  

The TASER probes do not have to make contact with a targets skin, they can be within a couple of inches and the electrical charge will arc to the target. This is why you can still effectively use it through heavy cloths.  If one of the probes was to miss your target the hand held portion of the TASER may then be used as a conventional stun gun, at which time you would have to make physical contact with your target. 

Feel free to email or post any other questions you may have on TASERs or any other self defense products.  I’d be happy to clarify anything possible.

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