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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Items such as pepper spray, brass knuckles, and stun guns, which are prohibited in carry-on luggage.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump's pardon freed the man who drove the stun gun into Fanone's neck, Daniel Rodriguez, who had pleaded guilty and was serving a 12-year prison sentence.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 6 Feb. 2025
Jury members were asked to pass around a small plastic tube with a stun gun probe for their own examination.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2024
Brown then allegedly calls Kelly the slur at least four more times before Bowers fires his own stun gun.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump's pardon freed the man who drove the stun gun into Fanone's neck, Daniel Rodriguez, who had pleaded guilty and was serving a 12-year prison sentence.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 6 Feb. 2025
Jury members were asked to pass around a small plastic tube with a stun gun probe for their own examination.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2024
Brown then allegedly calls Kelly the slur at least four more times before Bowers fires his own stun gun.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Stun gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun%20gun. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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