New Taser stun gun can deliver 3 shocks..

[Roccy]

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona – Taser International unveiled its first new stun gun since 2003 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 claimed while touting the new model. "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.

He said the device will be available to law enforcement agencies in late August. Officers at the conference will receive free ones provided they pass an operating test.

Smith said he believes the device will become the new standard for police officers who want greater tactical abilities and allows for greater accountability because it has sensors that measure each discharge; that data can then be downloaded and analyzed.

Like the older models, the new stun gun shoots two barbed wires that deliver about 6 watts of electrical current for several seconds, temporarily immobilizing people from a distance.

The device, which can hit people up to 35 feet away, looks like a bulky gun but weighs less than two pounds. It's about 2.5 inches wide and seven inches tall.

Human rights groups contend Tasers cause heart attacks. Taser spokesman Steve Tuttle said the company has won 96 of 97 wrongful-death and product liability lawsuits filed against it and is appealing after being found 15 percent responsible in the one suit it lost.

Amnesty International says there have been 351 U.S. Taser-related deaths since June 2001, including two minors this year. The human rights organization says on its Web site that most of those who died were not carrying weapons.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090727/ap_on_re_us/us_taser_new_device

wow...

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Fuck cops and tazers....

The problem isn't the tazers, its these fucking cops who are using it in the wrong situations. They are supposed to be used as an alternative to lethal methods, not for subduing an unarmed person.

[ikke]

Wouldn't 1 long shock be more usefull

[Roccy]

Fuck cops and tazers....

The problem isn't the tazers, its these fucking cops who are using it in the wrong situations. They are supposed to be used as an alternative to lethal methods, not for subduing an unarmed person.

true, but now they can get you and your two homies at the same time... LOL

[Job starring as King Of Zamunda]

damn more bad news for Black and other non-white people

[K.Dub]

AWESOME

[C-BLUE]

this is really good news for men who like having sex with more than woman at the same time but are tired of the usual process

[the ghost]

What cracks me up is the people that are all pissed off at catching a shock.  Would they rather have it the old fashion way and catch a stick beating? 

[jeromechickenbone]

I used to bang a chick from fountain hills

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

What cracks me up is the people that are all pissed off at catching a shock.  Would they rather have it the old fashion way and catch a stick beating? 

its probably better than getting electrocuted and possibly dying...as long as they don't go Rodney King on you

[the ghost]

That's true sometimes people die from it, but I'd still take my chances over old school police beatdown tactics.

[QuietTruth]

 

Unfuckinbelievable