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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Minns ruled out allowing security guards to carry stun guns or firearms though, and gave no further details.
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Helen Regan, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
Ex-officers each get more than a decade in federal prison
U.S. District Court Judge Tom Lee sentenced Hartfield, who used a stun gun on the men and helped discard evidence, to 10 years in prison last month.
—USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
The group then went to the home without a warrant, The Associated Press reported, and assaulted the two Black men with stun guns, forced them to ingest liquids, punched and kicked them and called them racial slurs.
—Tom Junod, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
And a Kansas City man — with his mother in tow — helped other rioters push against the police line in a tunnel entryway on the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol where a Metropolitan Police officer was dragged outside, beaten and shocked with stun guns by the mob.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Mitrani had been walking toward the vehicle, knife in hand, after leading officers on a slow procession along Burbank Boulevard, during which police struck him several times with a stun gun and a projectile launcher.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
During an altercation, security officers allegedly used a stun gun on Maddox, and Topeka officers were called to help subdue him.
—Luke Nozicka, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The deputy fired a stun gun at Cure and a fight ensued, with Cure grabbing the deputy by the neck and pushing his head backward, the video shows.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
In December, two Oceanside men were arrested on suspicion of beating a delivery driver, zapping him with a stun gun and taking a pound of marijuana.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
Helen Regan, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
Ex-officers each get more than a decade in federal prison
U.S. District Court Judge Tom Lee sentenced Hartfield, who used a stun gun on the men and helped discard evidence, to 10 years in prison last month.
—USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
The group then went to the home without a warrant, The Associated Press reported, and assaulted the two Black men with stun guns, forced them to ingest liquids, punched and kicked them and called them racial slurs.
—Tom Junod, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
And a Kansas City man — with his mother in tow — helped other rioters push against the police line in a tunnel entryway on the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol where a Metropolitan Police officer was dragged outside, beaten and shocked with stun guns by the mob.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Mitrani had been walking toward the vehicle, knife in hand, after leading officers on a slow procession along Burbank Boulevard, during which police struck him several times with a stun gun and a projectile launcher.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
During an altercation, security officers allegedly used a stun gun on Maddox, and Topeka officers were called to help subdue him.
—Luke Nozicka, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The deputy fired a stun gun at Cure and a fight ensued, with Cure grabbing the deputy by the neck and pushing his head backward, the video shows.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
In December, two Oceanside men were arrested on suspicion of beating a delivery driver, zapping him with a stun gun and taking a pound of marijuana.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Stun gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun%20gun. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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