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a solid shock can certainly make your muscles spasm. the tasers that shoot two electrodes into you and send a periodic shock will certainly bring you down, but the trick there is getting them to hit squarely, not deflect off a jacket or clothing, and let them be effective enough so that the target cant just yank them out.

ive been subjected to a steady pulse of shocks that physically prevented me from closing my hand. It didnt hurt that bad (shock isnt really as painfull as you thing, its just a supprise if you are not ready for it) and i certainly had the WILL and DESIRE to close my hand, but the muscles just ZAP wouldnt ZAP do ZAP it.

anyway, the little 9volt and D-cell battery powered hand tazers and stun guns / stun batons are good for about jack squat. having been hit by them, i can say that they hurt a little bit, definitly can leave a burn and potentially scarring, but dont disrupt your muscular function and aside from being really annoying, are not very effective.

I dont know what to tell you about the pepper spray, maybe the extra two million scovilles in the military **** makes a difference. but i sort of doubt it. When I had it in MY eyes, it stung like a bastard and I couldnt see anything through the squinting and tears, besides a vague sense of light and dark. But I could sure as **** move and swing my arms. technically, i could hear too, but I was distracted enough by the burning pain that it didnt help so much. not the best fighting form i admit, but certainly enough to threaten anyone who is hiding behind a bottle of pepper spray.

I guess the morale of the story is that pepper spray is great, if you intend to run away after using it. and tasers are great if and only if you have bizzare kinky sex habits.

pink and tender fillet mignon, well, thats just great all the time. especially with brine soaked capers and a nice pinot.