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Air Tasers: The Self Defense Choice of the Future

With violence on the rise in every single one of America’s cities, citizens must arm themselves against assault and robbery with education and defensive devices designed to ward off and disable attackers in the event of an aggressive crime. While pepper spray and Mace are both acceptable forms of non-lethal self defense that can be deployed from a short distance from an attacker, and stun guns deliver the powerful stopping power of a massive electric voltage current, only the air taser can deliver the best of both worlds. With a shocking power that can reach up to 800,000 volts and two projectile prongs that can reach attackers up to 15 feet away, air tasers give law abiding civilians a safe and reliable form of self defense that is effective in a myriad of conditions.

Air tasers are essentially stun guns in the way they disable an attacker. Both use a high voltage, low amperage current to disable an attacker without killing them. Unlike a bolt of lightning, which has an amperage of in the thousands, air tasers carry only about a 3 milliamp charge, and so there is little to no burning or bruising of body tissue. In fact, tasers and stun guns do not work by subduing an attacker through pain, but rather, by taking over control of their body. Essentially, the high voltage current passes into the body of the attacker through one node of the device, and back into the device through the opposite polar node. This interrupts the neuromuscular system, causing the target to lose control over their bodily functions, loose balance, and become incapacitated for up to 15 minutes.

And when they do come to their senses, they will be in no shape to cause any further harm, as their muscles will literally be exhausted of energy and they will likely feel a soreness throughout their bodies. This is caused by the fact that the electrical current that takes over their body causes their muscles to sporadically convulse as the sugar in the blood is rapidly converted into lactic acid. This is essentially what happens when you over exert your own muscles during exercise, only they experience about a marathon’s worth of exercise in a matter of seconds.

The advantage air tasers have over traditional stun guns, is that rather than having the electrical nodes that transfer the current to the attacker placed on the device itself, the taser contains two detachable nodes that can be fired at ranges up to 15 feet with great accuracy. These nodes are attached to lightweight electrical wires and have barbed pointed tips that can attach themselves to targets’ skin and clothing. Once they are affixed, the handheld air taser device can be used to control the flow of electricity delivered through the wires, which allows the defending person to gain a severe control advantage over their aggressor.

Stun guns can also prove to be more effective than pepper spray and Mace in certain situations where climactic conditions are advantageous to self defense sprays such as rain and windy conditions. While the rain does nothing to impede the discharge of an air taser, heavy wind might interfere only slightly, though at that level of wind, spray devices would be utterly useless and might even spray back into the face of the user.

Which displays another feature advantage of air tasers: they work effectively, immediately, and can be deployed from a safe distance from an attacker. Whereas pepper sprays and mace can also deliver effective stopping power at some range, they also take up to 5 seconds in order to completely subdue an attacker, which is plenty of time for a crazed aggressor to inflict some serious damage. And while stun guns are equally capable of immediately subduing a violent attacker, they can only be used at close range, which can be a daunting task against an armed assailant. Only air tasers provide the ability to defend from a distance as well as being capable of immediately disabling an attacker.

While air tasers might be the overall best choice for one-on-one self defense, it’s still important to get yourself properly trained in how to use one of these devices if you want to make sure to optimize the effectiveness of your self protection product. Also it’s important to check with your local law enforcement representative in order to make sure the tasers are legal in your jurisdiction, as some states and counties restrict the sale and use of these devices.

Get smart, get armed, and live with the comfort that you’ve got an upper hand on criminals when you’re carrying an air taser the knowledge of how to use it.