Word: tasers
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...recalled William Lawson. "It was like sticking your finger in a wall socket . . . the worst pain I ever felt." Though he did not know it at the time, Lawson, 27, had been felled by a brand-new, high-voltage weapon called the stun gun. More properly known as a Taser,* the gun was developed for law-enforcement use. No police force has yet bought it, but thugs are apparently less cautious about trying something new. Nine Tasers were recently stolen from a distributor near Miami, and police there last week were afraid that the gas-station robbery may be only...
...Taser, powered by six rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, fires two barbs attached to 18 feet of fine wire. When the barbs hit a human, a current that can build up to a three-watt, 50,000-volt charge leaps through the closed circuit. The shock instantly disrupts the victim's nervous system, his eyes close, and he slumps to the floor jerking spasmodically. When the current is turned off, muscular control returns immediately, but a mild state of shock persists...