Shotgun Tazer
A shotgun shell that is a self contained tazer has been in development for several years and is now being offered to law enforcement for use. There is a specialty Mossburg shotgun that can be bought with the shells but they can be fired from a standard shotgun as well. Non-lethal force that can be used at a greater distance than regular tazers, this could be safer for both cops and criminals. Besides, its a neat piece of tech. For more info go here.
Comments
This is being tried out at some police departments now.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/18/12 at 03:38 PM
Great, until some ass-clown catches one in the face and, just because he was holding 15 people hostage after killing 13 others, he still gets to sue the cop, the police department, the city, county, & state for a gzillion bucks.
Deer slugs work well too.
(But, I'm not a hawk.)
Deer slugs work well too.
(But, I'm not a hawk.)
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/18/12 at 05:27 PM
I would rather get shot in the arm or the leg with a real small caliber weapon than get tazed again in my part time Sheriff job the last year we had to do in class. If you don't know what I mean Patty I can set it up for you this weekend.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/18/12 at 07:13 PM
Don't taze me (Broke)dad! 😉
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/18/12 at 08:51 PM
I survived an older brother teaching me how an electric cow fence worked!
Posted by bMN on 09/18/12 at 10:03 PM
In high school a couple of the guys were talking about finding out why it was a bad idea to pee on an electric fence. ZAPP!! They really should have kept the story to themselves as it made them both look like idiots. But then they kind of were idiots so no real surprise. :lol:
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/19/12 at 09:12 AM
Oh yeah, a taser load for a shotgun.
Wait until the first yahoo sheriff deputy unloads one of those on some belligerent grandma who doesn't get out of the car within the allotted two seconds when ordered. The line between lethal and less-than lethal is not as clear as law enforcement wants you to believe.
Wait until the first yahoo sheriff deputy unloads one of those on some belligerent grandma who doesn't get out of the car within the allotted two seconds when ordered. The line between lethal and less-than lethal is not as clear as law enforcement wants you to believe.
Posted by KDP on 09/19/12 at 10:10 AM
Taser is no longer making these according to their web page.
Posted by PuterPrsn on 09/19/12 at 02:23 PM
They were demoed to us several months ago at the county sheriff range. If they have been discontinued it is a very recent event. I still have a unfired sample.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/19/12 at 03:02 PM
I am sure I'm wrong on many levels, but in my personal experience, lethal force was always preferred. At least the dead don't come back at you. Personally, if anyone hit me with one of these, I would make it my life's mission to identify them, then come back and personally kill that person - cuz is soo frickin' bad!
Posted by done on 09/20/12 at 12:55 AM
@danny53, The way I've heard it said before is "I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6" :coolsmile:
Posted by Tyrusguy on 09/20/12 at 09:49 AM
You got it, buddy! :coolsmirk:
Posted by done on 09/20/12 at 09:52 AM
Why does it have to be NON-lethal, anyway? That really weakens the intimidation value of a shotgun!
Posted by tadchem on 09/25/12 at 02:41 PM
This is NOT a good idea. You DO NOT mix lethal and less-than-lethal types of ammunition in the same firearm.
Just wait until we read in the news that some officer forgot that he replaced the taser cartridge in his shotgun with REAL buckshot and tried to just stun someone...
Just wait until we read in the news that some officer forgot that he replaced the taser cartridge in his shotgun with REAL buckshot and tried to just stun someone...
Posted by Kyle Morgan on 10/03/12 at 12:21 PM
I would think that the same gun would not be used for both.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/03/12 at 08:34 PM
From the article - 'There is a specialty Mossburg shotgun that can be bought with the shells but they can be fired from a standard shotgun as well'. I agree with Kyle. I'm not too sure about standard police ordnance, but many military weapons are specifically designed to fire multiple types of ammunition. The idea is that you are supposed to be trained sufficiently to know the difference. Again, I'm not too sure about standard police training, and not too confident, either.
Posted by done on 10/03/12 at 08:49 PM
Of course I bow to your expertise about military weapons Danny, and I know the article said a standard shotgun can be used. I guess what I meant was that I would HOPE the tazer shells and standard ordinance would not be fired from the same weapon as a matter of policy and safety. But then common sense is not all that common is it?
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/03/12 at 09:25 PM
Common sense was outlawed a few years back as I recall.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/04/12 at 12:17 AM
I believe that was under the George W. Bush administration, but it could have been before that, even. 😊
Posted by done on 10/04/12 at 01:21 AM
You're not going to bait me with that, obviously, off color jibe, Danny. :blank:
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/04/12 at 01:25 AM
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