Earlier this year, in Louisville, Kentucky, police officers shocked a man with a stun gun so many times that his children asked whether he was dead, a Justice Department investigation found.
An electrical strike from a stun gun could"lead to disruptions in heart function that can range from moderate to severe and possibly fatal," Giordano said."Most studies have shown that 50,000 volts, the voltage seen on most commercial Tasers, is safe to the heart," he said.
This is an important area of research, since many people who're hit with stun guns are already in a high-stress situation and Many Tasers and some other CEWs have two probes with pointed metal barbs that shoot out and puncture the skin. While the wounds are typically minor, at least one personScrapes and bruises are also possible since many people fall over after being hit by a CEW. A8. Rarely, stun guns can severely harm kidney function, AKA rhabdo, which can be fatal.
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