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A taser, with cartridge removed, making an electric arc between its two electrodes. An electroshock weapon is an incapacitating weapon.It delivers an electric shock aimed at temporarily disrupting muscle functions and/or inflicting pain, usually without causing significant injury.
Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. [1] The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in times of danger is available in many jurisdictions. [2]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A knowingly detailed, beautifully acted portrayal of deceit and the failure of love, enclosing another little essay in abnormal female psychology from a novel by Winston Graham. Where the trigger to Marnie's psychosis was a sudden suffusion of the colour red, Deborah Dainton's fear of enclosed spaces and close ...
The heist film, also known as the "big caper" film is a style of crime film that originated from two cinematic precursors: the gangster film and the gentleman thief film. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] The essential element in these films is the plot concentration on the commission of a single crime of great monetary significance, at least on the surface level ...
The use of the cane as a weapon, as originally taught in weapons schools, was codified by the masters of savate so that the cane was taught as a weapon of self-defence. The French tradition includes techniques of medieval stick-fighting (bâton français), excepting those techniques considered too dangerous to be used in sport. The medieval ...
Chloroacetophenone, chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (tear gas) and dibenzoxazepine are common ingredients for riot control. These are highly toxic and cancerous. Countries often have different standards for usage of chemicals like capsaicin (pepper spray) and who is allowed to own and use these chemicals for self-defense.
And that’s the taking-off point for “Candy Cane Lane,” though be warned: The movie interfaces with the real world…until it doesn’t. It’s cozy…and loony tunes.
A cane gun is a walking cane with a hidden gun built into it. Cane guns are sometimes mistaken for similar-looking " poacher's guns ". These are usually a more portable and more easily concealed version of conventional sporting guns, commonly a single- or double-barreled shotgun , based on the relatively inexpensive Belgian Leclercq action.