http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/ Engadget Comments for Details on Taser's XREP electric shotgun shell emerge http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
I wouldn't mind making 10k dollars being a meatshield.]]>Jul 10th 2007 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/

If you take a good look at the probes on this thing, be certain that this thing could do serious damage to a person if they were hit in the wrong area of the body. ]]>Jul 10th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
Nonlethal weapons like this are better for everyone, even though they cause accidents. Sure, you hear about the person who was tased to death a few months ago, but you never hear about all the perpetrators tased daily without any serious repercussions.

Nonlethal force allows law enforcement to take down armed individuals with little risk to their life, instead of trying to use lethal weapons to hit their arms, legs, etc. They can also resort to this much more quickly in a situation than by using standard weapons, due to the low risk of permanent injury. Ultimately, it means fewer criminals and law enforcement are injured or killed, even though there are a few taser accidents.

If there was a perfect solution we would use it. But that is rarely the case, so we settle for the lesser of two evils.]]>Jul 10th 2007 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
No. "Non-lethal" weapons are more prone to abuse since they lack the same result as their lethal cousins.

Is it better to be shot by this rather than a real bullet? Of course. But a better question is... should you have been shot in the first place by anything?]]>Jul 10th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
You're joking, right? Tell me you're joking -- that you don't *actually* believe that bullshit rhetoric you're trying to spread. Because, yes, some people do need to be shot. Period.

This is not Wonderland; you are not Alice. There are violent people in this world who can only be stopped by violence. Our society, which firmly believes in the presumption of innocence, dictates that law enforcement attempt to apprehend "suspected" violent offenders using minimal force of violence. But sometimes those "innocents" don't agree with being apprehended. In that case, the law enforcement entities of our society have the duty to use *violence* to stop the suspect. A LUCKY suspect will get gassed or tased.

So Shaun, yes, it is better to not be a violent offender and therefore to not get shot by the police. But if you are shot, it's better to be tased than to be "slowed down" with 12-gauge buckshot. Understand?]]>Jul 10th 2007 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
I hear even http://www.fisher-price.com/ is looking into investing some R&D into a new line of HomeLand Insecurity products.]]>Jul 10th 2007 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
I happen to be one of these people that thinks the level of military-related US tech stories is more than a little alarming. Excuse me for noticing.

Now you can annihilate me at will.]]>Jul 10th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/10/taser_shotgun/
$99 a pop.]]>Jul 10th 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
Electrocute
1 : to execute (a criminal) by electricity
2 : to kill by a shock of electricity —electrocution.
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary

Now Jack surely you didn't mean that.]]>Jul 10th 2007 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
And the reason they use black silhouettes is because it makes it more difficult to tell whether you hit the target - just like a real body. A white silhouette makes it too easy to adjust your aim based on where the previous bullet hit. You would not get that feedback in real life, so you don't want it at the practice range.]]>Jul 10th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
Oh, and remember kids, don't pour petrol on yourselves and then go and get yourself tasered. It's not a good combo]]>Jul 10th 2007 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
Hit them with a rubber slug or beanbag load first (or one of these taser loads) and then hit them with the real thing if they don't get the message the first time. It makes you look a lot less bloodthirsty.

"Your honor, my client feared for his life and his family's safety, but wanted to avoid killing anyone unless absolutely necessary. He fired a taser round first which was ineffective. At that point, he had no choice but to fire a full load of 00 buckshot into the intruder's face. Twice."


]]>Jul 10th 2007 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
1. Buy a reliable semi-automatic shot gun and learn to use it safely.
2. Have a buddy who reloads shells create a couple of rock salt loads.
3. Make this rock salt load the first shell you use for home protection. It will blind and sting people
4. Have a second round chambered that will also scatter in case there are fast moving perps still heading your way. If this is necessary, these are hard people who will not be scared by shotgun noises and thus need to be incapacitated
5. Have a 3rd round chambered (that's the advantage of the semi-automatic) with a deer slug, which travels further and through stuff in case there are hold outs. Rinse and repeat.
6. Have a lawyer on retainer in case you reach steps 3-5.
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Do you have that much trouble with home invasions that you need to do such a thing? I mean, I lived in Detroit, and I never felt the need to have any friends make rock salt loads for me, or keep a shotgun loaded in my home.

Woe upon any girl scout or paperboy who steps on YOUR porch. You'll learn `em a thing or two. Yeeehaw!]]>Jul 10th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
I picture these being used to great effect if someone steps outside of a "free speech zone" at a political rally, or on masses of protesters as they march down the street exercising their rights. I see this being a great weapon against the masses whenever they become too uppity or vocal about their government's decisions. I see these weapons being deployed freely and without mercy in the future because the cops don't have to worry about guilt, or the possibility of killing a civilian activist in the process of shutting them up.

A guilt-free shotgun? I bet all the fascists are lining up to get one.]]>Jul 10th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 10th 2007 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/If all goes well, all the current will flow through the foil rather than your body. The "smart" circuitry in the xrep would probably go for electrocuting the aluminum foil rather than you simply because it seems like a better contact.

I really don't think high voltage is the right "low-lethality" solution. If you know what you're doing, it seems pretty easy to defeat ("seems," I admit), and it clearly is can be quite lethal and is definitely prone to misuse.

And if anyone knows anything about electronics, the taser circuit is ridiculously easy to design--pretty much explains why they have so many leftover funds for all the advertising.

Does anyone get this sort of evil-scientist-running-company feeling from taser? I keep on thinking "virtucon" whenever I see that "protect life" slogan under the taser logo. I mean, seriously, who the heck thinks of a shotgun round which will repeatedly electrocute you whenever you try touching it? I can't help but think it sounds a bit like torture.]]>Jul 11th 2007 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Jul 15th 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/Aug 11th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/details-on-tasers-xrep-electric-shotgun-shell-emerge/
PS: I have been tased in a training exercise and suffer no ill effects.]]>Jul 29th 2007 10:14PM