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Shocking Development

A stun-gun phone case is on-call self-defense
Source: Ben Alsop

Entrepreneurs: Seth Froom and Sean Simone invented a smartphone case that doubles as a stun gun. They launched their Baton Rouge, La.-based company, Yellow Jacket, in 2011.

After Froom was robbed at gunpoint in his home, his mom sent him a stun gun disguised as a phone. He and Simone liked

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