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The Taser for the Rest of Us
Unless you're "in the industry," you probably don't know that there's actually a brand name out there called Taser. They're the guys who make, you know, tasers -- kinda like Q-Tips, except they incapacitate their victims and aren't nearly as fun to pick your nose with. Taser is the company that make tasers for the police, so you know they work.
Now the folks at Taser have released their first "civilian" model; like the version the police use, the C2 fires two wires charged with 50,000 volts, which is enough to put down any criminal (not to mention the horse he rode in on). The only difference is that the civilian taser only works at a maximum range of up to 15 feet, while the cop version works from more than 30 feet away (letting them do fun stuff like knock you unconscious while hiding in the bushes).
What the official versions lack, of course, is style: The $350 C2 comes in pink and a variety of other hot colors...you sexy beast, you.
From Engadget
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Subscribe to commentsCliffJul 27th 2007 1:14PM
The TASER used by the police has that distance, not to "knock you unconscious while hiding in the bushes", but to avoid the 21' deadly area if someone is armed with an edged weapon like a knife or the author's rapier like wit.
NevilleJul 27th 2007 2:12PM
Cliff, I take issue with your use of the phrase "rapier like wit"
The author sounds like one of those who will not take yes for an answer.
JoeJul 27th 2007 2:21PM
Uh oh. Intended for self-defense, sure, but when criminals get their hands on these, it will just make robbing you that much easier. Wait and see, but I'd bet money that a "taser robbery" will make headlines soon. tasers quiet, too.
earthpalladinJul 30th 2007 4:34PM
hahahahaha, yeah, now i can taser butheads from the safety of my front door. oh wait, its only 50,000 volts? i wonder if they will make an adapter for the standard 100,000 - 500,000 volt
stun gun you can buy at most places.(you know, the ones that will actualy help you if a buthead attacks you)i mean realy, 50,000 volts? that will just piss most criminals off.
ronnyJul 31st 2007 12:37AM
fyi, police departments consider a taser a serious threat just like pointing a gun at them or trying to disarm them. so don't get one and think you're going to be able to play with it.
RRAug 30th 2007 10:13AM
$350???? You have to be shi**ing me...when one of the firearms manufacturers (Kimber, I believe) makes a pepper spray weopen that's effective at attack-range, easy to carry in your pocket or purse, and is about $50!!!
And NO, if anyone is thinking I work for the company, I don't...my only connection with them is, living in Florida, I protect my family and myself with one of their wonderful .45 cal 1911's.
willNov 26th 2007 6:09PM
finally the un also sees it as a danger.
willNov 26th 2007 6:27PM
finally theres a voice of reason within the un to see that this is a danger.