stun baton

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stun baton - a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock

stun gun

weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"

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IN THE wake of attacks on police personnel in the national Capital, the brass of the Delhi Police has decided to equip policemen with stun guns ( police stun baton with built- in torch) or taser for their safety.

Delhi cops need tasers to stay safe

Ummar assaulted a local resident with a stun baton before arresting him.

UPDATE: Israel Arrests 12 Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem

On Tuesday, it emerged that an 18-year boy had been beaten with a stun baton by a plainclothes policeman at the regional police department in the southwestern village of Skravena.

Bulgarian PM Wants Interior Secretary Axed over Police Brutality

The men, believed to be a member of a gang, used his stun baton to terrorise and attack Amr Hamzawi and Basma before robbing them.

China-made guns stun Cairo's streets

For her next coyote encounter, Kimball bought a large can of pepper spray and an 8,000-volt stun baton.

Ever-bolder coyotes scare residents into defense mode

A B-West advertising brochure claims, "The Paralyzer stun baton is the result of a unique process developed by German scientists and doctors.

Shock value: U.S. stun devices pose human-rights risk

The socialists announced late on Tuesday that an 18-year boy had been beaten with a stun baton by a plainclothes policeman at the regional police department in the southwestern village of Skravena.

Bulgarian Socialists Expose New Case of Police Brutality

Lynn Herman (R-Centre), amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to add stun gun, stun baton, taser or other electronic or electric weapon to the definition of "offensive weapons" and makes it an offense to use such a device on another person for an unlawful purpose.

Pennsylvania Gov. Schweiker Signs Bills

Thompson gave Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards a bizarre present - a Powermax Stun Baton.