Sweeping Stun Guns

The development of a new breed of electric stun gun that can incapacitate whole crowds of people at a stroke has appalled human rights groups. Today, the commercial stun guns used by the police or the military can target only one person at a time and work only at very close quarters. But the new weapons are being designed to sweep a lightning-like beam of electricity across a swathe of people from distances of 100 metres or more. Amnesty International is calling for exhaustive safety tests of all electroshock weapons