Taser Usage
How Does a TASER Work?
One of the most popular forms of protection for people today is the stun gun. As violent crimes have become more common, more and more folks have found the need for some sort of device to keep themselves safe. It’s common knowledge that a TASER works well in debilitating individuals who are about to commit violent crimes, but the better question deals with how the device works. The first thing that a person should do prior to purchasing a TASER Is some research on why the thing is so effective.
So how does a high powered TASER work? The simple answer and the more complicated version are not often told together, so it’s important to get both. The effectiveness of the TASER comes as a direct result of the design. It comes equipped with high powered probes, which have the ability to be propelled up to fifteen feet, depending upon the situation. They are dispersed when a person encounters a dangerous situation and pulls the trigger of the stun gun. These probes are fired using a highly advanced form of compressed nitrogen, which helps to launch the electrical probes at a high rate of 135 feet/second.
That’s easy enough to understand, even for people with only a basic understanding for how guns work. What happens next is what really makes the TASER an effective device. The electrical probes aren’t effective on their own, even though they do cause some pain when they hit the body of the perpetrator. The probes are just a mode of transportation for high powered electrical currents. Those do the real damage to the offending individual. Though the science behind the process is somewhat complicated, the basic idea behind it is that the electrical current does work in causing significant loss of control. A person loses the ability to use their muscles and because of that, they aren’t able to use their body in a working manner from that point forward.
One interesting thing that is worth noting about the TASER technology is that the process has become more advanced over the years. Now, the designers of stun guns understand how to make a more effective weapon. In the past, the electrical current wasn’t timed well, so criminals could regain function for long enough to dislodge the probes. New TASER guns are built with well timed electrical current systems which are completely pre-set.
They are designed to hit the criminal with a new shock of current just when he might have otherwise been able to regain control. It’s never too much electricity to hurt the person seriously, but it is enough to make that person stop doing what they were doing before.
That basic breakdown of how a TASER gun works is certainly the shortened, easy to understand version. A health expert could probably break down exactly how the electricity has an effect on the body, but that’s not important for the purpose of this discussion. The TASER is effective because the comprehensive current can debilitate a person no matter if it hits them in the arm or the heart.
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