Definition of "stun gun" []

• A weapon designed to stun or temporarily immobilize a victim, especially by delivering a high-voltage electric shock. (noun)

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• "Testimony at the inquest in April 2006 revealed that Boggon was shot with a Taser stun gun on Aug. 25 and again on Aug. 26, but not on the day of his death nor on the two days preceding it."
• "It had been over in a matter of minutes and then the brute had carried him fireman style into the garage, where he shot Billy Ray with the stun gun again."
• "When the man with the stun gun was finished, Baby Huey was curled in an embryonic ball, begging for his mother, shivering like a dog trying to pass glass."