stun gun
noun
: a weapon designed to stun or immobilize (as by electric shock) rather than kill or injure the one affected
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He was shot with a stun gun and fell to the ground.
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Eventually, one officer used a stun gun, striking Kerley with two probes to bring him to the ground.
Kerley, 29, was transported to a hospital before he was booked into jail early Friday morning.
—Zach Powell, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Times Insider Read how our journalists investigated stun gun use by police in Mississippi.
—Nate Rosenfield, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Consequently, emergency back-up was requested, a dart-firing stun gun was effectively deployed, and the defendant was arrested without any further incident.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Eventually, one officer used a stun gun, striking Kerley with two probes to bring him to the ground.
Kerley, 29, was transported to a hospital before he was booked into jail early Friday morning.
—Zach Powell, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Times Insider Read how our journalists investigated stun gun use by police in Mississippi.
—Nate Rosenfield, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Consequently, emergency back-up was requested, a dart-firing stun gun was effectively deployed, and the defendant was arrested without any further incident.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Stun gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun%20gun. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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