How 'nonlethal' are stun guns, really?
that he has requested all documents and security camera footage from the Village of Catskill Police Department to get to the bottom of what happened to his client. Jones is currently being treated at Syracuse's Upstate University Hospital in the burn unit.
While Jones' story is gruesome, it's far from the first time someone has been set on fire when hit with a stun gun.by their product when near flammable substances. Of those 15, five people died as a result of their burns., Axon warned that its stun guns "can result in a fire or explosion when flammable gases, fumes, vapors, liquids or materials are present.
While stun guns such as Tasers are considered "less lethal" or even "nonlethal" weapons that can incapacitate people, there have been numerous safety concerns about them in the nearly 30 years they've been on the market.
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