SANFORD -- More and more people are having Tupperware party-style gatherings to sell Tasers.
Melissa Norris, a mother of two who owns a pink Taser C2, began selling the stun guns at Taser parties.
"It's not your grandmother's Tupperware party," Norris said. "It's in the tradition of getting together a group of women who learn about a new device in the area of defending yourself."
Norris said with crime on the rise, a lot of women are interested in buying a Taser, but some people worry they could get into the wrong hands.
Ryan Schaefer was thinking about getting a Taser after her husband, an Orange County Sheriff's deputy, suggested it after she refused to get a gun.
Schaefer said especially with recent events, like the murder of jogger Nicole Ganguzza, personal safety is on everyone's minds. See related story.
"I think that stuff like that could happen to anybody, and it seems important you would want to protect yourself, especially since you never know what might happen," Schaefer said.
Others, including Paige Elmer, an incoming freshman at the University of Central Florida, said she was not going to carry a Taser around campus, and does not want anyone else to have one.
"It's not just a toy. It's something dangerous. I don't think it's good to make it more accessible to people," Elmer said.
Norris said her parties are meant to be fun, complete with food and drinks, but stressed the importance of the subject matter.
"Truly this is an educational seminar. It is not a light-hearted situation," Norris said.
It is legal to own and use a Taser C2 without the need of a concealed weapon license, though a background check is required.
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