Tag: SELF DEFENSE

Taser, maker of the controversial "less-lethal" weapon that zaps people with incapacitating levels of electricity (described as torture by the U.N.), has just released its latest tool for taking out the odd student protester and great-grandmother. The X12 Taser shotgun combines the occasionally lethal fun of electrocuting people with the also occasionally lethal impact of "non-lethal" shotgun ...

The stun gun now comes in convenient lipstick-shaped form, which is weird (and perhaps a bit dangerous), but not exactly earth-shaking in the world of wacky personal safety devices. While protection and awareness are crucial for modern day living, a couple of these gadgets feel a bit too excessive -- or ridiculous -- to deter anyone from anything (but may make a great gift for your favorite ...

Airport security is cool and all, but when we're being forced to undress, bend over, and throw away our $4 Pepsi while a lady in Albany somehow gets her stun gun past the security checkpoint, we start to lose faith that this is all serving the greater good. On Saturday, Amy Burns passed through the security checkpoint at Albany International Airport with her child and a stroller in tow. It ...

We may normally think of Tasers as being non-lethal, but a rash of recent "taser"-ings in the United States and Canada have ended with a bit of death for the victim of the low voltage electric weapon. It's led to a slew of bad press, but now a committee at the UN is getting in on the Taser-bashing party by declaring the ubiquitous stun-gun a form potentially lethal form of torture. Three young ...