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Is A Stun Gun Overkill?
Not if It’s Your Life You’re
Protecting
There is a lot of debate in the blog world
about the use of stun guns, or tasers, to subdue people who need
subduing. Police throughout the country use tasers to help them
capture unruly or dangerous people. But I guess the question is,
should ordinary citizens be using them when they feel they are in
danger?
I used to wonder about that myself; that is,
before I came to know personally someone who was brutally beaten on
the street and who could have used such a device to help him
confront his tormentors.
Yes, the Second Amendment allows you to own and
use a hand gun, with varying state laws relating to type of guns and
why and how you use them. But a lot of people are still
uncomfortable carrying a gun. And the consequences when you are
forced to use a gun, of course, can be fatal. While some people may
deserve that fate, depending upon their deeds, the idea of killing
someone still bothers a lot of people.
That doesn’t make you any more or less
patriotic or macho. It just underscores the fact that everyone is
different.
But we are all the same when it comes to
wanting to protect ourselves and our family; and there is now a
device that can help us do that without having to carry around any
feelings of guilt or concern about the “bad guys”. At the same
time, a self-defense device such as the Stun Master Hot Shot will
make sure the “bad guys” never forget you.
My friend works for a company that is located
in a neighborhood that is frequented by ne’er-do-wells. Most of
them are simply drunks and down-on-their-luck types looking for a
handout. But there are also some dangerous gang members who feel
life has treated them poorly and they try to extract what they
consider to be “their share” from vulnerable victims.
My friend ran into that latter type one dark
night after working late, and he suffered a terrible beating,
sending him to the hospital for a long stay. When I look back on it,
had he been carrying a Stun Master Hot Shot or something similar, he
could possibly have prevented the two cowards who assaulted him from
meting out such physical damage to him.
One of the advantages of the Hot Shot is that
it looks like a Blackberry and can be carried on the hip. The
biggest advantage, though, is that it packs close to a million
volts, enough to render any attackers incapable of doing much of
anything for five to ten minutes. That’s long enough to give you
the upper hand to get away, call the police, and perhaps have the
perpetrators behind bars by the time they fully come around.
There is no reason
to feel guilty about putting the “bad guys” down with the force of a
Stun Master Hot Shot. Often, they have even worse things in mind
for their victims. And this kind of protection can provide you with
a great sense of security. Everyone deserves to have that feeling. |