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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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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stun gun1
First recorded in 1965–70
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"The oppression units would bring dogs, sticks and stun guns, they would electrocute and beat us," he said.
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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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