Company develops shocking shotgun shell

[lovuian]

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Stun-gun maker Taser International of Scottsdale, Ariz., is developing a shotgun shell that will be far more powerful than current ones, a report said.

Taser's eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile, or XREP, is meant to combine the blunt-force trauma of a fast-moving baseball with the electrical current of a stun gun, the Arizona Daily Sun reported.

It will truly cause incapacitation, said company spokesman Steve Tuttle. The product, expected to be available next year, was funded by the Office of Naval Research.
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Its a good thing Cheney didn't have this in his hands when he shot his friend!!!

[truthisfreedom]

1. gosh knows, we have to quell those insane anti-Iraq-war protesters...

the violent ones that might walk on the grass. they're out of control!

[cantstandbush]

2. This should be banned by Congress....cruel and unusual punishment

This can be used on peace demonstrators and probably will be.

[saigon68]

3. At the next peace rally

This will be deployed to discipline the long hairs

[Mithras61]

7. I'm thinking "plexiglas"

Multiplel layers can be glued together to form a rigid and durable surface, and with that you can also insert bolts from between layers to secure straps for carrying. Since it would be clear, it wouldn't give them the excuse "s/he was hiding behind it & I couldn't see what s/he was doing & I felt threatened." Further, if enough layers are glued together, it could provide protection against other projectiles like those wooden blocks that they used to injure those dockworkers out in CA some time back...

[BiggJawn]

4. Why is Bernie smiling?

His stock in Taser just went up.


Hits you hard enough to cause extensive bruising, and shocks the piss out of you as a BONUS.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Looks like the weapon of choice at the internment camps

Sorry.

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Neato!

Because shooting your friends in the face with buckshot isn't nearly as much fun as shooting them in the face with ELECTRIC buckshot.