A woman whose boyfriend was shot by Las Vegas police on Monday told authorities she got away when he attacked her by shocking him with a stun gun, a Metro arrest report said.

Officers later confronted Allen J. Stout, 36, and shot him after he pointed a gun at them, police said. Stout was taken to University Medical Center for treatment and later booked into the county jail, police said.

According to the arrest report, the woman was in the apartment she shared with Stout at 7300 Pirates Cove about 2 p.m. when he came in through a window, grabbed her by the hair and bit her. She ran outside, but Stout knocked her to the sidewalk, pounded her head into the concrete and choked her until she felt like she was going to pass out, the report said.

Stout pulled a handgun, threatening to kill the woman and himself. She then pulled out a stun gun and shocked him several times, the report alleges, causing Stout to drop the gun. The woman threw the gun away and ran, the report said.

Another victory for the good guys.

The Armstar Bodyguard is like a hands-free version of a stun gun.

David Brown came up with the bodyguard idea seven years ago after a mountain lion mauled three people in California. He realized the new tool could be used — not only for personal self-defense — but also by the police and military.

“It works as a defensive shield. It works like baton,” Brown said.

“You’ll see a flashlight is built into it. You’ll see a laser built into it and then there’s also a video camera that provides live video streaming and broadcasts it back,” explained Andrew Quintero, Armstar’s president. “The original ideas that went into this started to evolve. A lot of that was done in a thinktank environment at Kevin Costner’s house.”

Costner is a financial backer of the bodyguard tool.

“They’ll start at about a $1,000 and go up depending on how much stuff you want to go into it,” Quintero said.

The tool is just coming out of the testing stage.

The cost is going to be high and I just don’t see someone going to the store at night with this on their arm.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Dureco Brown walked into Bank Of America on New Warrington Road with a stun gun about 9:20 Monday morning.

“Brown displayed a stun gun and demanded money from one of the tellers,” said Deputy Chris Welborn. “He then jumped over the counter, grabbed the teller’s purse and ran out of the bank.”

Deputies on patrol saw Brown get into a taxi. They were able to stop the taxi and arrest Brown.

Brown was booked into the Escambia County Jail on charges of theft, robbery and resisting arrest.

I’m sure he will be back on the streets soon to try this again.

Back in 1995 when Watson was protesting the Canadian seal hunt he was attacked by 30 drunken sealers who kicked in his hotel room door.

“They were all standing there ready to attack me and all I could think of was: ‘I’m not going to give in to these guys.’ One of them came at me and punched me in the side of the head, so I took him down with a stun gun. Another came in from the other side and I took him out. That confused them so much that the police were able to get in and get them off me.”

The new higher voltage Runts and Pretenders are finally in stock.  The Runts are now 2.5 million, 3.5 million and 4.5 million volts.  The Pretender is 4.5 million volts.

These upgraded stun guns are in stock and ready to ship.

I’ve decided not  to raise the prices.  At least not for a while. The prices will be the same as they’ve always been.  Just sell a ton of them and I will make it up on quantity.

There are new images for the Runt stun guns which you can find at http://www.safetytechnology.com/runtstungun.htm.  The Pretender cell phone stun guns will keep the same model numbers.  There are new model numbers for the Runt stun guns.  They are:

RUNT-25 = 2.5 million volts
RUNT-35 = 3.5 million volts
RUNT-45 = 4.5 million volts
RUNT-45R = 4.5 million volts Rechargeable

Lester Robert Evans, 68, was arrested after LAPD investigators said they found evidence in his skid row apartment that helped tie him to a December boutique robbery. In that crime, Evans was captured on video shocking the young clerk with a stun gun, said LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon.

“We had a feeling this guy would surface eventually,” Vernon said. “It just turns out he decided to rob a bank where he had his own account.”

Police were called Tuesday to the Bank of the West branch at 2nd and San Pedro streets in downtown L.A. after it was robbed by “a white man in his 60s,” authorities said. Within minutes, officers had come up with the name of Evans, a local man who was on parole for bank robbery.

Detectives verified Evans was on parole and went to his apartment in the 400 block of East 7th Street on skid row. Detectives searched the apartment and seized evidence that linked the parolee to the bank robbery, as well as the boutique robbery, police said. Evans was booked for the bank robbery and held without bail for a parole violation.

The lesson here is never rob the bank where you have an account, go there regularly to cash your Social Security check, people know you and have your address on file.

Many people want to carry a stun gun but are worried that being seen with an obvious stun gun may cause them some problems with neighbors, co-workers or passersby. This possibility has led to the design of stun guns that look like something else. Some of these designs include stun guns that resemble cell phones. This allows someone to carry what looks like a cell phone, keeping the people around them from realizing that they have a weapon with them.

Other disguised stun guns are made to look like flashlights. They may have a light on them as well as having stun contacts in the front of the light area. This allows the users to carry a flashlight in the dark and then to use that flashlight to protect themselves with it as a stun gun if necessary.

Some people prefer a stun gun that is more obviously a stun gun. This allows them to show a potential attacker that they have a stun gun. If the design is unmistakable as a weapon, this may help to deter an attack before it happens. The idea behind this is to show the stun gun to the attacker by holding it in front of them and perhaps discharging it for a second to stop them before they get too close. These stun guns are usually large and black or gray in color.

For some women, they want their stun guns to show off their personal style just like any of their other belongings. There are pink stun guns on the market as well as other feminine colors and designs that can do just that. This may make some women more comfortable with carrying a stun gun and perhaps to become less intimidated with holding and using it.

Some stun guns are made in shapes that are easier to hold or in shapes that are easier to keep in a pocket or a purse. A longer, thinner stun gun can be slipped into a pocket and then retrieved easily if there is any trouble. Some larger stun guns have large cases that make it easier to pack them into bags or to carry them while keeping them covered. This can be an important option when the stun gun is being carried into a public place.

Stun guns come in so many shapes and sizes that there is one for every self-defense need. The main consideration is often the circumstances in which it will be carried. Some people need a stun gun to warn away others simply with its appearance. Others need one that can be well disguised so that they can carry it freely where ever they need to go.

Stun guns require no special training to learn to use them properly. They are less expensive than guns and are a more aggressive type of personal protection device than pepper spray. Stun guns are usually small enough to carry in a purse, and some are small enough to tuck into a pocket.

There are many stun guns that work with a wrist strap. This safety device means that the stun gun can’t be used if it is pulled away from the owner’s wrist. This enables a person to carry it without worrying about it being used against them by an attacker.

While some women find it daunting to pull the trigger on a gun, pushing the button on a stun gun doesn’t result in a kickback from the weapon. It’s also less damaging to an assailant, resulting in a non-lethal shock that is usually not permanently harmful.

It only takes coming into contact with the voltage of a stun gun for two seconds before a reaction is caused in the attacker. It can be used on any part of the body and cause the same effect, unlike pepper spray, which must be aimed directly in the face.

Some women use their stun gun as a defense weapon from farther away by pressing the button and letting a potential attacker see the sparks of electricity flow between the contacts. This can help a woman to avoid an unnecessary confrontation without having to actually use the device on the assailant.

With the many types of stun guns on the market, women can choose tiny models that will fit into a clutch purse or larger ones that will deliver more power. Some young women take them to college to prevent dangerous incidents from occurring on campus. They are light enough to be tucked into a backpack or carried on top of a stack of books.

Many women who carry stun guns feel safer about working late at the office or about a commute that can be unpredictable. Having a small weapon to use gives some women peace of mind when they are feeling nervous about their surroundings.

Another reason that many women prefer to use stun guns over using a handgun is that the effects of a stun gun are non-lethal, making them safer to keep in the home. If a family member were to get a hold of a stun gun and use it accidently, the device would not result in permanent injury or worse. After a few minutes, the person would simply recover from the jolt.

People need to be able to defend themselves because there are far too many people out there who aren’t quite in the right state of mind. There are vandals and car thieves. There are muggers and rapists. There are some people who just aren’t in touch with reality and may strike out at any time in a violent way. Everyone must be prepared.

Stun guns enable even the most defenseless people to defend themselves. Furthermore, not only do stun guns enable such people to defend themselves, but they can defend themselves extremely well because stun guns are very effective self defense weapons.

When stunned by a stun gun, the attacker can’t help but fall to the ground. Their entire body uses up all of its available energy when the high voltage shoots through their bodies at low amperage. This, coupled with a shock to the nervous system and a good dose of pain, incapacitates an attacker for up to several minutes. This kind of down time is vital for the person being attacked. Not only does it help them get away, but it can also help the police have time to catch the perpetrator.

Many people think that it is dangerous to have a stun gun because the attacker might take it away and use it on the person that they are attacking. But most stun guns have a safety mechanism that is built into it. This mechanism usually takes form in the wrist strap. The wrist strap is plugged into the stun gun and the stun gun will cease to work if the strap is pulled out of it.

Most people realize that they need to defend themselves and some of them go out and buy guns and bullets. However, guns are extremely dangerous as well as lethal. There are many innocent people who die every year from accidents with guns. But with a stun gun, if there is an accidental “misfire” and you stun yourself, you will only wake up a little groggy.

Stun guns are fairly priced and you can find them a number of places. The primary places that you would find them are gun stores or on the Internet. Occasionally you can find them in sporting good stores, but not always. If you are looking for the best deal on stun guns the best place to look is online. Online you can purchase stun guns at a wholesale price, rather than the full retail price like you would at a store.

A stun gun should be tested regularly to make sure that it is working properly and that the battery is still good. A simple test can be conducted by making sure that no part of the body is in contact with the current probes and then pressing the button to activate the device. If the device is working, the stun gun owner will see the current passing in between the two probes.

When testing stun guns, hold the button down for no longer than one second. Stun guns aren’t made to be fired often for long periods and it takes a lot of battery power to cause the current meaning long firings can quickly drain the battery.

Once the stun gun has been tested, touch both current probes to something made of metal. This will allow the current to fully discharge and will reduce the risk of shock to the stun gun owner.

When a dangerous situation can be anticipated, such as being in a parking garage at night or a desolate location where danger could occur, keep the stun gun close to allow it to be used quickly and easily. An assailant will not wait for a stun gun owner to look for their weapon and then use it against them. Keep the stun gun in hand and be ready to use it if danger should present itself.

If the situation does look dangerous, conflict can sometimes be avoided by conducting a warning flash of the electric current. This is done by holding the stun gun in front of the body and pressing the button for a second to show the assailant that a weapon is in hand. This is often enough to keep the assailant from attacking.

If this does not work or if it is not possible to warn the assailant before an attack is made, the stun gun must be discharged against the body of the attacker. This should be done as close to the skin as possible, though light clothing will still allow the current to reach the body.

Make sure that both contact probes touch the attacker and then press the button. If possible, touch the contact probes against the hips or the shoulders to take advantage of the nerves there. If these areas are not available, stun guns can be most effective when held against the assailant’s torso. Keep the button pressed for the time suggested by the owner’s manual. This may be as little as one second or as long as five seconds or more, depending on the voltage of the stun gun.