Illegal stun guns sold on eBay UK
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 19 January 2004 - 12:51 · 15 comments & 1538 views
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#1 Posted by ENiGmA on 19 Jan 2004 - 12:53
- Whoa!
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#2 Posted by njlouch on 19 Jan 2004 - 12:55
- I had an "imported" stun gun (it looked like a phazer actually). I used to chase my housemate around with it all the time. Never had any batteries in it (it seriously ran off a 9v pp3).
Funny as hell though!
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#3 Posted by Sleeper on 19 Jan 2004 - 12:57
- I just done a search and it brought back 2 items, I also did a search for Crossbows, shouldnt these be covered under it aswell?
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#4 Posted by Sleeper on 19 Jan 2004 - 13:01
- does ebay not has a report this item link???
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#5 Posted by SirEvan on 19 Jan 2004 - 13:13
- thats nothing... 100,000 volts? I have a stun gun that delivers 500,000 volts... requires 2 9v batteries :-p
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#6 Posted by idbuythatforadollar on 19 Jan 2004 - 14:15
- £100? they cost like £15 on US ebay!
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#7 Posted by idbuythatforadollar on 19 Jan 2004 - 14:26
- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2979495824&category=3204
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#8 Posted by redFX on 19 Jan 2004 - 14:43
- I can picture people buying these off Ebay and actually testing it on themselves to see if they bought a defective product
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#9 Posted by RauL on 19 Jan 2004 - 16:32
QUOTE 100,000 volts of power is more than enough to instantly control your attacker on contact. 
lol
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#10 Posted by Aaron660R on 19 Jan 2004 - 17:14
- oh who cares a stun gun ooooo ooooooo.
QUOTE vicious stun guns
LOL vicious. when your attacked you want to tickle your attacker with a feather? lol
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#11 Posted by nookadum on 19 Jan 2004 - 18:35
- Stun guns are illegal?
*hides his twin-9volter*
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#12 Posted by arpad on 20 Jan 2004 - 17:49
- the problem is the retarded system in the UK that doesn't allow you to protect yourself, not that ebay is selling personal protection.
how long does it take to realize that completely banning guns just takes them away from people that legally want to protect themselves? you'd think that the rise in armed home robberies especially in homes where the occupants are there during the robbery would make somebody think twice...
The availability of illegal weapons online is causing such concern that one prominent MP has warned that sites such as eBay "cannot be allowed to be the Internet equivalent of a dodgy car boot sale".
Anyone carrying out a simple search of eBay's UK Web site can easily find a list of illegal weapons for sale. Indeed, following a tip-off from a reader, The Register found ten separate auctions listed on Friday for these illegal weapons. One of the devices, which delivers a punch of 180,000 Volts, looks just like a mobile phone. Another weapon looks like a pocket-sized torch. Typically, these items cost less than £100.
One advert said: "This is the security plus stun gun it has the reliability and strength of the best. 100,000 volts of power is more than enough to instantly control your attacker on contact.
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