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We bought my grandmother a small taser at the local gun shop to protect herself. She had two handguns, and the last thing a person needs is to be taking care of someone with alzheimers, who can't remember people, to be armed and ready to shoot strangers as they come in the house. Anyway, she was handicap, which is why she felt safer with a mode of defense, she couldn't walk out of a bad situation like most people. We had the arming switch modified by the gun shop. The stock switch was VERY hard to press down as a mode of child protection, and with her weak muscles and old age, she couldn't operate it. So the guy put a different rocker switch on that was really easy to push. One day my grandmother called my Mom and I to come take the cat to the vet, because she said it was freaking out like it had gone insane, and its hair was coming off like it had cancer. We didn't know what could have happened because the cat was perfectly fine the day before. She slept with the Tazer in the bed, and you guys all know what's coming next.

She got up that morning and left the Tazer on the other side of the bed like always. When Mom and I got to the house, she was exactly right. The cat was walking like it was super messed up on acid, and it was twitching a good bit. The hair was missing in patches on its tail, and the house smelled like burnt hair. We rushed the cat to the vet without giving it much thought. The vet looked the cat over, and was very sure of the diagnosis. This cat had been electrocuted. Mom and I just listened to the doc and acted surprised, and when we walked out the door of the vets office we both busted out laughing. We knew exactly what happened to that cat, but we didn't want to say anything to the vet. The two cats were rolling around playing on the bed, and apparently mashed the tazer just right to activate the sensitive switch, and it got a buzz, literally. I had forgotten all about it until I read Rob's story.
 
Well I guess it would be referred to as stun gun. It was the kind that requires contact, fits in the palm of your hand, like women carry in their purse for self defense. I call them all tazers, but I'm guessing that "Tazer" and the knock offs just refer to the electrical fish hooks that you shoot out of the black and yellow pistol.
 
Laser is an acronym for "Light amplification through stimulated emission of radiation".

Vascar, used by the bear in the air, is an acronym for "Visual average speed, computed and recorded".

I can't remember what Radar was from.

A kids book was written in the early 1900s about a kid who could charge up his rifle and shoot electricity instead of bullets. Though the word Taser was never used in the book, it was used to name this device during it's development.

So, Taser, believe it or not, is an acronym for "Tom Swift's Electric Rifle".
 
We use RADAR and LIDAR (laser)

RADAR
Ra- Radio
D- detection
A- and
R- Ranging

LIDAR
Li- light
D- detection
A- and
R- ranging
 
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alpinehyperlite said:
thats one of the dumbest things i have ever heard of. yall wana see somthing actual and even more badass. Look up the Taser XREP.
http://www.taser.com/products/law/Pages/XREP.aspx
http://www.taser.com/pages/VideoDetails.aspx?videoid=61
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Boy am I glad they didn't have that when I was in LA county jail a few years back. When the rioting happened..... Pepper balls shot out of a paint ball gun aren't fun (especially after like 10 min of breathing that crap) but those shotgun taser things would really, really, really not be my slice of pie.
 
Wow, must have been tough knowing that you ordered the officer to fire the taser that resulted in a mans death. Then get demoted like he did and face possible criminal charges. I feel sorry for both the families.
 

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