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High-voltage electro-shock weapons were first developed in the US in the 1990s. They include electro-shock batons, stun guns, stun shields, dart-firing stun guns, and stun belts. [1] From 1997 to 2000, US companies earned over $13 million exporting stun guns, electro-shock batons and optical sighting devices to Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
On September 29, 2016, Washington D.C. announced that it intends on repealing its ban on stun guns in response to a lawsuit. [117] The new law regulating stun guns for persons 18 years or older took effect on May 19, 2017. [118] Metropolitan Police Department issued a statement about the legality of stun guns. [119]
The Drive Stun does not incapacitate a subject but may assist in taking a subject into custody." [53] The UCLA Taser incident [54] and the University of Florida Taser incident [55] involved university police officers using their TASER device's "Drive Stun" capability (referred to as a "contact tase" in the University of Florida Offense Report).
TASER International's eponymous stun guns continue to rake in sales. On Tuesday, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based weapons maker announced four orders of significant size, and several more of smaller ...
Gun violence: Six Columbus area gun shops are on a 2023 list of 1,300 nationwide that each sold at least 25 guns traced to crimes. Gun violence: Six Columbus area gun shops are on a 2023 list of ...
In 1969, NASA researcher Jack Cover began to develop a non-lethal electric weapon to help police officers control suspects, as an alternative to firearms. [4] By 1974, Cover had completed the device, which he named the "Tom Swift Electric Rifle" (TSER), referencing the 1911 novel Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle; to make it easier to pronounce as a word, Cover later added an "A" to the acronym ...
In Terminal 4 at Los Angeles International Airport, a TSA officer flagged a carry-on bag with 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica firearms and a canister of pepper spray.
One type is a conductive energy device (CED), an electroshock gun popularly known by the brand name "Taser", which fires projectiles that administer the shock through a thin, flexible wire. Other electroshock weapons such as stun guns, stun batons, and electroshock belts administer an electric shock by direct contact. [citation needed]