Word: tasers
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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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...
...Week. Advanced Chemical Technology, the Los Angeles County firm that makes the $199.50 Taser, reports that all sales thus far have been to private citizens bent on self-protection. Currently 200 Tasers a week are coming off the production line, and more than 1,000 have been sold since March. The company has been urging its salesmen to do their best to sell the Taser refill cartridge ($10 each) only to legitimate customers, but with the Miami robbery, another weapon has entered the arsenal of both sides in the crime...