Triple Taser: New Gun Can Stun 3 at a Time

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News/AP

(AP) Taser International unveiled its first new stun gun since 2003 on Monday, a device that can shock three people without being reloaded.

Older Taser stun guns, in use by 14,200 law enforcement agencies throughout the United States, have to be reloaded after one shot, which can be a problem for an officer who has missed a target or has more than one suspect to subdue.

Taser CEO Rick Smith and his brother, Chairman Tom Smith, unveiled the new device to hundreds of law enforcement officers and distributors at the Scottsdale-based company's annual conference. They stood on stage, each holding two new Tasers, and fired six rounds a piece at metal targets to whoops and applause.

"This is as big a step as when firearms went from a muzzle loader to the revolver," Rick Smith said later. "If I was a cop I'd want to carry one."

The new stun gun costs $1,799, compared with $799 for the older model, though Smith said law enforcement agencies could trade in their older ones for credits worth $300-$800.


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/27/tech/main5191907.shtml?tag=stack

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BTW Amnesty International says 351 people died after being tasered.

[Robb]

1. I foresee absolutely no problems with this.

Excuse me. :popcorn:

Edited to add:

[Soylent Brice]

4. holy fuck i want one of those.

[tj2001]

2. They need to come up with a Website that generates fiction for police reports

so they don't have to type.

[Hannah Bell]

3. new cattle prods to manage the herd.

[bertman]

5. Next up, an automatic taser that fires 450 rounds per minute. Or darts per minute.

Even Neo couldn't dodge that mofo.

[sallylou666]

6. Look out!

Holy sh*t! One of those could kill a small person like me. Conveniently from a distance.

[formercia]

7. If the police can get everyone to hold hands,

they can make a game of it. Just keep eliminating people that break the circle until there's only one left.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. sounds like someone...

grew up around livestock fences :hi:

[formercia]

14. OK State....

The Bull Test Station brought in an 'Ejaculator' for us to fix one day. The power control potentiometer was bad and needed replacement. My supervisor decided that he was going to get kudos for fixing it. About 2 days after we sent it back, the head of the department came in furious. Apparently, he had hooked the pot up backwards. They had been using a power level of 2 which now became 8. When they hit the button, their prize Bull let out a bellow and collapsed on the floor, nearly crushing the Tech holding the receptacle. It took months before they could coax that Bull back into the stall for another go.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. Kind of like taking your dog to the vet...

why would he want to go back when the last time he went there they cut something off :)

[provis99]

8. sort of sounds like one of those old Cowboy movie guns

you know, the ones where one bullet kills ten Indians.

[Stumbler]

9. Thank God there's now more lethality to an already "non-lethal" weapon!

Maybe now we can load our rubber bullets with rusted shrapnel, or us biological agents in our tear-gas.

"One small step for law-enforcement, One giant leap (required) for any 'suspect' who hopes to live to testify at trial..."

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

20. They are less lethal weapons not non lethal.

[Pavulon]

10. Next time I've got a mean drunk on and want to to fight the police

I want which? I'll take the shocky think vs the beaty or shooty thing..

[Old Vet]

21. Funny,

Nobody commented on your point

[conspirator]

11. Can we tase the fucking CEO and his family? Just to prove that it's harmeless nt

[saigon68]

12. fired six rounds a piece at metal targets to whoops and applause

Hey Chuck Scummer this is why we need guns

[KamaAina]

15. Or one person three times

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[Lost Jaguar]

17. Now they can get...

...all three stooges at once.

"Hey Moe! It's the coppers!"


On second thought, this is just another tool for tyrants, stormtroopers, and jack-booted thugs. Is that oinker pal of Juiliani's still hooked up with this crowd?

[Tim01]

18. There is one much more serious in the works.

It will be going to narcotics units any day now for testing. The anti taser people are going to go nuts.

[ManiacJoe]

19. Video of a demonstration:

http://www.taser.com/pages/VideoDetails.aspx?videoid=84