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“#Self-defense Tasers and stun guns surge in popularity<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Manhattan developer Daniel Neiditch has equipped 15 of his employees with New York City\u2019s latest must-have accessory: stun guns and Tasers.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrime is out of control in the city and everyone\u2019s scared,\u201d Neiditch told the Post. \u201cIt\u2019s gotten so bad since the pandemic. I\u2019ve watched apartments and stores being broken into and people afraid to ride the subway. I wanted to be proactive and ensure the safety of my employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neiditch, owner of River 2 River Realty<\/a>, has properties in the city, Westchester and the Hamptons \u2014 but he\u2019s best known as the board president and a stakeholder at the pricey 46-story Atelier condo, which he also manages. Units cost as much as $12 million there, but its location on 42nd<\/sup> Street between 11th<\/sup> and 12th<\/sup> avenues in Hell\u2019s Kitchen is only blocks from such vagrant epicenters as the Port Authority bus terminal.<\/p>\n

Most of the workers Neiditch gifted with the defensive weapons \u2014 some of which are disguised to look like iPhones, flashlights and batons \u2014 work on site at his properties as supers, managers and security guards. And he may get more of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want them to be defenseless,\u201d Neiditch said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen what\u2019s happ<\/a>ening in the city. The homeless have been very aggressive near our properties on the Upper West Side as well. This way my people can protect themselves without killing anyone. Stun guns are not deadly weapons. They just give you a leg up on maybe not being killed yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shootings and murders skyrocketed by 97 percent and 44 percent respectively in 2020 citywide, according to NYPD data. Subways have become violent places, where the so-called \u201cA-Train Ripper\u201d knifed two homeless people to death, and slashed two others, in a one-day spree two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Neiditch said he was especially worried by reports early in the pandemic of an alarming rise in residential and commercial break-ins. <\/p>\n

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Daniel Neiditch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Mayor de Blasio \u201ccould have done better working together with the police to find solutions to better combat the increase in deadly crime,\u201d Neiditch said. \u201cHe blamed the courts being closed for the uptick in gun violence and crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jay Castro, 33, often works alongside Michel Bertrand, 40, ferrying Neiditch\u2019s international clients and prospective customers around the city. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe cops have seen us with [the Tasers] and stopped us a few times but they always let us go when they see what they are,\u201d Castro told the Post Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bertrand said he feels much safer: \u201cCrime has definitely gotten worse and you want to feel that you can protect yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neiditch is just one of many frightened New Yorkers, and people across the country, snapping up stun guns and more sophisticated and sometimes deadly Tasers.<\/a><\/p>\n

Stun guns, which usually cost between $35 and $55, require contact with an assailant to work, but often can deter attackers with their noise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crackle sound is scary as hell,\u201d said Jennifer Lester, known as Stun Gun Jen<\/a>, who sells the weapons especially designed for women as part of the California-based Damsel in Defense company.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s almost like a warning shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Civilian Tasers \u2014 lower-powered versions of what cops use \u2014 run at least $450 and shoot spiked probes connected by wires up to 15 feet away. They emit a 50,000-volt charge that interrupts brain to muscle communication. A stun gun can cause pain but not immoblization. Both guns run on batteries.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s buying them\u201d Jay Veng, manager at Jimmy\u2019s Sport Shop in Mineola, LI, said of both weapons. \u201cOur sales went up about 200 percent last year. Women come in to buy them and men buy them too \u2013 usually for the women in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jay Veng (left with stun gun) and Jimmy Gong (right, with taser) co-owners of Jimmy\u2019s Sports in Mineola.<\/figcaption>
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Dan Neville\u2019s Thugbusters <\/a>in Rochester, NY, is one of the few places in the state that ships stun guns or Tasers to customers in the five boroughs. Neiditch bought his stun guns from their website. Neville said sales are up 500 percent in the last year \u2014 and 95 percent of those stun guns are for women. (Amazon will not mail a stun gun or Taser \u2014 or even pepper spray \u2014 to NYC addresses.)<\/p>\n

Stun gun sales increased by 300 percent last year, said a spokesman for manufacturer Axon. <\/p>\n

\u201cStun guns have come up almost out of nowhere to be part of the national zeitgeist,\u201d said Matt Angorn. \u201cFrom the George Floyd protests to the attacks of Capitol Hill, we\u2019re seeing people be a lot more concerned about their personal safety. It\u2019s designed to be an alternative to a lethal weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

A federal judge ruled in March 2019 that banning stun guns was unconstitutional. Weapons experts, lawyers, even some politicians in New York believe it\u2019s now perfectly legal to own and use one \u2014 as long as it\u2019s in self defense. However, stun guns are still against the law under the state penal code, creating a legal gray area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all comes down to the DA in your county,\u201d said Matt Mallory,<\/a> a military veteran and firearms instructor at PS & Education<\/a>, who was the first civilian TASER instructor in New York. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole lot of people who want stun guns but they don\u2019t realize you can get an aggressive DA who might go after you for having one. It\u2019s in limbo right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stun Gun Jen Lester said Damsel in Defense\u2019s legal team has advised them it is legal to ship here. \u201cIt\u2019s our belief that the case wouldn\u2019t hold water if you were arrested for having a stun gun,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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A stun gun at Jimmy\u2019s Sports in Mineola.<\/figcaption>
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State Sen. Brad Hoylman of Manhattan is trying to regulate stun guns with a bill currently in committee. The measure would allow possession of a stun gun only for \u201cprotection of a person or property on real estate that such person owns or leases,\u201d and its use under justifiable circumstances. The exemption does not apply to minors or convicted felons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are dangerous weapons,\u201d Hoylman told the Post, citing the 60-year-old Arkansas man who was arrested while lounging in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s office during the on Jan. 6 Capitol invasion, allegedly armed with a stun gun.<\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s best not to bring them into state and federal buildings. Just ask Long Island private investigator Vincent Schottler, who went into the Manhattan Supreme Court building on Feb. 22 and told the court officers he had a stun gun with him. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey looked confused and went away to call the DA\u2019s office,\u201d Schottler told the Post. \u201cThey came back and told me it was a felony and confiscated my gun. But they didn\u2019t arrest me or ask anything else. I was shocked.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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