CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Gujarat Police first in India to introduce taser guns.

Detailed explanation-2: -In India the use of stun guns are subject to legal restriction. Under the Indian Arms Act only a licensed police officials, NSGs can use it also under the situation where its use is found reasonable from the perspective of a reasonable officer who at the time was present in the scene.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Gujarat Police is now equipped with taser guns as a part of their modernization drive to ensure public safety and security. By introducing the taser guns as part of police weapons, Gujarat becomes the first state in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The original, first generation TASER was introduced to law enforcement in 1974. It is a conducted energy weapon that fires a cartridge with two small probes connected to the weapon by thin, insulated high-voltage wire. The intent is to overwhelm the sensory nervous system and stun the target/suspect.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Taser was first developed in the mid-1970s by American inventor Jack Cover. Taser is an acronym for Tom A. Swift Electric Rifle (the Tom Swift books about an inventor of amazing gadgets were a childhood favorite of Cover) and is a brand name for the device, which is manufactured by Taser International.