Long-range Taser Uses Gernade Launcher

[Zingam]

In my country they just use machine guns. It's cheaper and they do the job right.

 

[Hope Slayer]

This less than lethal device is ment for area surpression not individuals. The LE agency I work for has been part of the on going field testing of various forms of what we call "WAD Shooters" Wide Area Dispersal. Imagine a module that is fired at around 220fps that then airburst discharges up to 100 probes and their conductive tethers. Anything hit by the probes or tangled in the tethers is administered the charge. We figure that once finalized the "WAD" will be able to incapacitate as many as 12-15 targets from 250 feet away.

"I cannot fathom a need to incapacitate someone with a Taser from such a distance where rubber bullets, bean-bags and other traditional methods would not serve the same purpose."

You do realize rubber bullets will cause severe bodily harm at close ranges and bean bags can cause internal damage depending on range and impact location? Tasers have their negative side effects as well, but far less potential for progressive damage or death as a result of use.

 

[gwolfman]

I can see it now: "I didn't mean to 'nade him, I thought it was my taser." (In reference to the case of the BART passenger New Years Eve in the San Francisco Bay Area.)

 

[Computer_Lots]

Where can I get some "electric buck" to go with my big daddy suit

 

[Guest]

Where can I get some brains to go with my stupid personality?

 

[core i7 ownage]

A grenade launch with iPhone ammo!

 

[chrisv815]

[citation][nom]amabhy[/nom]3 minutes? Risk of bodily harm?When its terrorists, murderers, and other scumbags we're talking about, who gives a damn?[/citation]
until they start using them on college student protesters and 60 year old grandmas arguing over tickets. And you know it will lead to that.
The original taser was sold and marketed as a "non-lethal alternative to a gun, to be used in situations where the officer could safely disable a lethal threat instead of shooting and killing them". Now they use it on kids who won't eat their vegetables. Classic government "slippery slope".