Funny as hell and easy to believe.

"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote in message
newsan.2007.01.24.16.35.17.250000@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com...
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:05:01 +0000, in
> <xAKth.75311$wP1.2869@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net >, Chris Guynn wrote:
> > We had a reporter stop by soon after we got them to do a story on it.
> > We convinced her and her cameraman to take a pop (just a slight taste of
> > what they have to offer). She took one probe. He took the other. They
> > linked arms and the officer in charge of the tazers gave a little
> > squeeze on the trigger.
>
> So basically the current path went across their hearts? Doesn't sound
> all that smart...

Not enough ameprage, only voltage at the right frequency.

http://www.taser.com/law/video/wmv/bull.wmv

"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote in message
newsan.2007.01.24.16.35.17.250000@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com...
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:05:01 +0000, in
> <xAKth.75311$wP1.2869@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net >, Chris Guynn wrote:
> > We had a reporter stop by soon after we got them to do a story on it.
> > We convinced her and her cameraman to take a pop (just a slight taste of
> > what they have to offer). She took one probe. He took the other. They
> > linked arms and the officer in charge of the tazers gave a little
> > squeeze on the trigger.
>
> So basically the current path went across their hearts? Doesn't sound
> all that smart...

Lots of volts, nearly no amps. Basically, it's not enough power to do any major harm, but it'll
certainly give you a quick buzz (much like testing a 9 volt battery with your tongue). The probes
are normally shot out of the contraption and stick into the skin and/or clothing. It's not uncommon
for the probes to arc across the heart and perps who get shot with them are given a much longer
dosage than the reporters. I got to spot them in case they fell over when they got zapped. The
officers didn't get it so lucky. They had people holding them up because they were going to fall
over during the process.

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:03:45 -0800, in
<tfidnSn21MyaDSrYnZ2dnUVZ_v-tnZ2d@whidbeytel.com>, Scott wrote:
> Not enough ameprage, only voltage at the right frequency.
>
> http://www.taser.com/law/video/wmv/bull.wmv

http://www.infowars.com/print/ps/police_back_tasers.htm

Grumman-581 wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:10:24 +0000, in
> <AaOth.55710$wc5.25254@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net> , Chris Guynn wrote:
>
>>Lots of volts, nearly no amps.
>
>
> Perhaps, but if it can cause uncontrolled spams in your muscles, I'm not
> really all that anxious to see what it could do to my heart... We've had
> people killed with the tazers around here... It might be "less lethal",
> but it still can be lethal enough for some people or in certain
> circumstances...

some of our local pd's have been having the same problem

"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote in message
newsan.2007.01.25.09.31.00.641000@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com...
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:10:24 +0000, in
> <AaOth.55710$wc5.25254@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net> , Chris Guynn wrote:
> > Lots of volts, nearly no amps.
>
> Perhaps, but if it can cause uncontrolled spams in your muscles, I'm not
> really all that anxious to see what it could do to my heart... We've had
> people killed with the tazers around here... It might be "less lethal",
> but it still can be lethal enough for some people or in certain
> circumstances...

Vvery unlikely in a normal, healthy person.

The biggest problems arise with pacemakers and people who are on the doorstep of death anyway..

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:15:04 +0000, in
<IZ9uh.27029$sR.25766@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net >, Chris Guynn wrote:
> Vvery unlikely in a normal, healthy person.

Perhaps, but do you *really* want to take the chance?

"Ooops... Guess he had an undiagnosed heart problem... Oh well, too bad..."

Personally, if someone pulls a taser on me, I'm going to consider it a
deadly thread and act accordingly...