Merry Christmas.
The Taser is a bizarre weapon, something of a hybrid between a gun and an electric cattle prod, as much used by the South African Apartheid regime. Essentially, it fires a dart chraged with about 50,000 volts (fortunately at a low ampage) but sufficient to incapacitate the victim and anyone in contact with him.
London Tonight demonstrated this horror on one of their reporters. They had to issue an advisory ("If you dont want to know the result, look away now...) and he is now off suffering from shock . Astonishingly, a phone in poll gave a 77% thumbs up to all this. Yes, 3/4 of Londoners phoning in were absolute morons ! Sorry, but do you think it'll just be used for fighting "crime" ?
The question is, what do we do to protect ourselves and our dignity aginst being assaulted by these things ? it seems they're already being used in the USA so perhaps someone there could enlighten us ?