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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
My wife would like to buy her sister and mother a stun gun for protection. Any recommendations as to where to look or what works well? She asked me about this unit on Amazon, a Vipertek: VIPERTEK VTS-979 - 53 Billion Stun Gun - Rechargeable with Safety Disable Pin LED Flashlight, Pink https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F...cp_taa_6841BbJ22EJ2C I know nothing about stun guns. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | ||
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Fire begets Fire |
Any reason not to get a taser? Distance ... zapp’em, drop taser and run. "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I suppose a good taser isn't out of the question. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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| Stupid Allergy  |
I like this taser. Excuse me, stun gun! https://yellowjacketcase.com/ "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen... | |||
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My hypocrisy goes only so far |
I like my stun gun. The snap of electricity & smell of Ozone .... It’s a nice visual deterrent. U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be "  | |||
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Ammoholic |
Why not a pistol? I wouldn't like the idea of my wife having to get close enough to a perp to use a stun gun. She carries a LC9 and loves it, she doesn't even check the mail without it. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| No Compromise |
I own a similar Vipertek product. It is fun to play with, is rechargeable, and has the built in flashlight and one-button switch/activation. It is the finest chinesium product of it's kind, but you get what you pay for. I use mine as a toy, but would not bet my life on it. H&K-Guy | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Do you have a particular model that you like?
Her sister and mother live in France. And my wife just isn't quite at that comfort level yet to carry a pistol. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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| Member |
Why not consider a short barrel .38 spl "J frame". Better than a Stun gun or Taser or whistle or punch in the Adams apple or kick in the nuts.. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Because my wife wants to buy this for her mother and sister. They live in FRANCE. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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| Ammoholic |
Relax man, seven posts is way too much reading, ain't nobody got time for dat. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
That one looks pretty awesome but quite out of her budget. They also don't carry iPhones. Cool product though. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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Go with a Taser. ----------------------------- Always carry. Never tell. | |||
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| I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not |
Good way to get yourself killed. Stun guns cause pain. possibly allowing the bad guy to let go and give you a chance to get away. Unfortuatelely it will also piss the bad guy off and probably escalate force. I would get an actual taser that will cause motor dysfunction. ie muscles lock up. better chance of making an escape!!!! | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I hate to sound discouraging or like the gun grabbers who say "it will just be taken away from and used against you," but considering these things can only be used at contact distance, no farther than you can reach with your arm, that possibility isn't unrealistic. | |||
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Member |
Taser is over priced. Try the comparator . We use Phazzer at work and they even use Traser brand cartridge. This is their small size civilian model https://phazzerglobal.com/PhaZ...gonCompleteSet-Black _______________ NRA Life Member | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Where will she carry it? If it's not in her hand or able to grab very quickly it's useless. In the purse is no good. Can't really walk around with it in your hand. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
I'd wonder if a TASER is even legal to posess in France, Balze'. I would recommend the TASER brand of device. Here in the states, they are guaranteed, only need to follow a few steps: once deployed it runs for 30 seconds, they recommend deploying it, dropping it, run away, file a police report and TASER will replace it free. THis is why they cost $300 and up.... The model I've seen (besides the handgun shaped ones we used as cops) don't look like guns, and they are designed not to. It includes a red laser beam and comes on when turned on, they also deploy a 21' set of darts (it may be 25'-I'm not sure-memory is fuzzy) My two cents. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
I haven't tried a stun gun. I usually go with apologizing or flowers. | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
They have 2 new civilian ones and one looks more gun-like than the police model and the other looks like a tactical flashlight. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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