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Originally Posted by guerrillakilla13
...A taser is just like a stun gun, only difference is a taser can be fired from a distance....
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A stun gun is a hand- held device that the operator presses against the "victim," with two electrodes delivering high voltage (but relatively low wattage). It looks and sounds scary... but reports of its ability to debilitate appear to be highly exaggerated.
A Taser fires electrodes (which remain connected to the device via wires) which pierce the skin of the "victim" and remain in place while the he gets the juice. As mentioned, I have never been tasered, but, by all appearances, it looks like these things are pretty effective. In my opinion, the very best episodes of the show COPS are the ones titled "Tased and Confused." I just can't get enough of watching total and complete A- holes riding the lightning.