How does a taser gun get so much power from 4 AA batteries?

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Enough to drop a grown man to the ground from just little batteries how?

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I think everyone talking about voltage versus amps is correct but missing a key point. Sure you need high voltage to actually get though the skin and all that. But the nervous system uses tiny amounts of energy compared to even a AA battery. So even a comparatively weak double AA is more than enough to completely short out your nervous system.
Even something like an electric eel is on the order of 1,000 times weaker than a battery.

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