STUN GUN Definition & Meaning

stun gun

noun

a battery-powered, handheld weapon that fires an electric charge when held against a person and activated by a trigger or button, used, especially by police, to immobilize a person briefly and without injury.
any of various handheld weapons that shoot small pellet-filled bags, tranquilizer darts, darts attached to electric wires, or the like to immobilize a person or animal briefly and without injury.

stun gun

noun

a device designed to immobilize an animal or person temporarily without inflicting serious injury

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of stun gun¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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He was also found not guilty of breaching firearms legislation by having a stun gun in his possession.

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No one was injured in the collisions, and the driver was taken into custody after officers used a stun gun.

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Do you think it’s OK to attack a police officer by plunging a stun gun multiple times into his neck?

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Moments later, another rioter would drive a stun gun into a Capitol police officer's neck as the crowd sought to break through the lower west tunnel.

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Police found weapons and equipment including a crossbow, 14 knives including some with Nazi and SS insignia, machetes, a tomahawk, a samurai sword, knuckledusters, a catapult, an extendable baton and a stun gun.

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