Taser's Shockwave 6-shooter makes Harry Callahan look like a princess

One of the bennies of working for the military industrial complex are the fat contracts paid to creatively kill, maim or otherwise incapacitate the evil-doers du jour. Here to answer the age-old question, "what if you could drop everyone in a given area to the ground at the push of a button?" comes the Taser Shockwave. The first (gulp) generation of Taser remote area denial systems consists of a Taser 6-shooter module covering a 20-degree arc at 25-feet. Best of all, they can be daisy-chained into an apparently endless array of hot neuro muscular incapacitation action. The Shockwave system will be released for pilot later this year with plans for field release sometime in 2008. Check the video link below for some of that sweet muscle convulsing fun.

Read -- Taser Shockwave
Read -- Video

[strider_mt2k @ Jul 10th 2007 8:24AM]

Attention hippies!
Free hemp-based products over here!

(heheh, wait for it...)

[Jake @ Jul 10th 2007 8:28AM]

That looks like fun...

[Big @ Jul 10th 2007 8:30AM]

Definately a cool booby trap tactic. I would just hope they have medical personell on staff at these areas - those electric impulses kil plenty of people unless someone has a defibralatar avaialble.

[strider_mt2k @ Jul 10th 2007 8:38AM]

If these are being deployed I don't think the emphasis is going to be on "medical support".

Perhaps "cleanup", but not so much on the humanitarian backup, if you get my meaning.

[James @ Jul 10th 2007 11:52AM]

Could you actually cite a source when you say stuff like "tasers kill lots of people"? I've heard of like one or two incidents that have been publicized lately, and... that's about it.

Am I missing some big conspiracy to hide all the Taser Dead?

[David @ Jul 10th 2007 12:17PM]

Here's a 2004 roundup of Taser Deaths. Google Taser Death for more deets.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/201827_taser01.html

[murray @ Jul 10th 2007 1:23PM]

Tasers don't kill people... cops kill people.

[nighteyes @ Jul 11th 2007 9:58AM]

Big, I can tell by your comments that you have really studied the effects of different type of electricity on the human body. Now, why don't you go do some real research and find out the truth instead of relying on the mass media to give you your ideas. Oh, that would be asking too much now in this age.

[tributal @ Jul 11th 2007 7:13AM]

And you are basing that comment on what? So far I only know of one case where the TASER could be directly linked to a death (the one where the victim had doused himself in gasoline and there was a spark from the TASER).

The 70 or so deaths that Amnesty keeps talking about are incidents where an indvidual has been hit with a TASER and then later (up to a week later) died. However, what most fail to mention is that in nearly all these cases the TASER was used in combination with physical force (and in some cases even gunfire) where the subject had to be physically restrained AFTER the TASER had been used (ie after the person was cuffed they continued to fight the officers). You might also want to look at how many of the victims were under the influence of narcotics. I hear coke and meth is REAL good for the ol' ticker. And while you're at it, look into the studies on excited delirium.

So far there have been at least 50 civil suits against TASER (from next of kin etc) but TASER remains undefeated in court as no-one has been able to show that the TASER was to blame.

[GuyJ86 @ Jul 10th 2007 8:48AM]

WTS: [Tazer Shockwave]: AoE Cone, Stuns Foe, 5% of lethal damage. 500s PST

[mike @ Jul 10th 2007 8:54AM]

Just in time for the RNC Convention.

[Big @ Jul 10th 2007 9:21AM]

I wonder what layer of clothing thickness would be needed to stop Taster probes.
They simply couldn't be launched any faster than 300~ 400 feet per second so I think burlap should work.

[Jack @ Jul 10th 2007 9:58AM]

I demand proof!
Here, put this burlap shirt on while I surround you with shockwave six shooters...

[tributal @ Jul 11th 2007 7:16AM]

Since the darts/probes don't have to make contact with the skin for the TASER to work, who cares? ;) You know when you get a a jolt of static electricity from a door knob etc? Same thing.
Oh, BTW how many volts is there in a jolt of static electricity?

[ZeleronGir @ Jul 10th 2007 11:40AM]

I'm going to start singing the DoOm song now...

holy christ, tazers!

[Nick Ritch @ Jul 10th 2007 12:01PM]

My Wife's Dad is a cop. He uses his taser whenever he gets the chance and he hasn't seen anyone die in his city from a tasering. Although afterwards they do take them to the hospital just to make sure they're ok before booking them.
Most people that he personally has tasered has complained that it was the worst pain they have ever felt in their life. Also they poop and pee themselves. luckily he's a sergeant so he doesn't have to handle them or carry them in his car.

[The_Red_Intellect @ Jul 11th 2007 7:42AM]

Your wifes father is also known as a the cancer destroying peoples respect for police. "whenever he gets the chance" does not sound like a use of reasonable force to incapacitate. Maybe if cops weren't on such a power trip, people like myself would give them the time of day, instead of spitting at their feet and being as big a pain in the ass as legally possible (I rave, its something you need to know how to do. Till they bring out the riot squad. For a legal rave... *stirrings towards rant*)

Do you really need more gear to injure your own citizens? Instead of spending so much tax payer money on this crap, they could try and address the root cause of people rioting, be it social or economic. Ohh but wait that wouldn't support the iron triangle. my bad.

[Bill @ Jul 10th 2007 12:24PM]

"...He uses his taser whenever he gets the chance..."

Oh, really?

"Nicky, pick up your clothes off the floor." "No." "No?" "No! Screw you, man! I-" *BZZZZT!*

"Excuse me sir, would you like to learn more about Jews for Jesu-" *BZZZZT!*

"Hmmm. Hot dog seems to have gone a little cold." (aims taser at hot dog) *BZZZZT!*

"Damn, having trouble getting to sleep..." (aims taser at self) *BZZZZT!*

[Don Patch @ Jul 10th 2007 12:39PM]

i will be watching..

[OddManOut @ Jul 10th 2007 1:12PM]

It's a Taser claymore. The TAZE-MORE !

Not just a name, but product description.

[Bill @ Jul 12th 2007 2:35AM]

Remote Area Denial
R.A.D. System
Awesome.