Recent Posts Tagged With 'taser'

• Fake Cougar Tasered in Michigan

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 09:56 in michigan, 911, punk'd, ashton kutcher, warren, taser, cougar, animal safety, stuffed animal

  I usually tend to side with law enforcement on Taser use. Typically you have the cases of belligerent, drunk or otherwise unruly individuals resisting arrest or failing to obey the simple orders of a police officer. Then they get tased and wonder why...

• Taser Inventor Dies at 88

  Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 10:01 in tasers, taser, c2 taser, jack cover, john higson cover, tasers for women

  The scientist who invented the Taser stun gun in the 1960s, died earlier this month. This post is a tad long, but it is a neat history lesson. John “Jack” Higson Cover, Jr. passed away on February 7, 2009 at the age of 88. Trained as a n...

• Don’t Tase the Emu, Bro!

  Posted on Thursday August 21st, 2008 at 15:06 in Florida, animal control, tasers, taser, escaped emu

  Sheriff’s Deputies of Bay County in Florida ended up deploying a Taser on an unruly emu. Yes, an emu. Apparently, a female emu named Plop-Plop, escaped from a farm and ended up camping out in a pen with some horses and goats. Local deputies were ca...

• Who Would Win a Fight, a Taser or a Stun Gun?

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 18:32 in self defense, stun gun, pepper spray, effectiveness, tasers, voltage, taser, stun guns, taser c2, cell phone stun gun, amperage, incapacitate

  How many volt stun gun should I buy? I’ve seen them online from 80,000 volts to 2 million volts. Does the voltage really matter? What is the difference between lower and higher voltage? Is it the amount time the attacker is disabled, or the amo...

• Seriously, If not now, then when?

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 11:27 in procrastination, self defense, pepper spray, taser, key chain, protect yourself, cell phone stun gun, keychain pepper spray

  Everyone procrastinates. No big deal right? I hate mowing the lawn. More often then not, the grass in my yard ends up taller then it should be by the time I get around to cutting it. Oh well, no one is going to die over it. I’m sure you can th...

• Joker Star, Christian Bale Denies Assault

  Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 13:10 in London, stun gun, pepper spray, heath ledger, the dark knight, joker, christian bale, taser, gotham city, domestic assault, inappropriate behavior, european premiere

  Holy Assault, Batman! Joker star Christian Bale has denied that he assaulted his mother and sister after he was released from police custody last week. Bale allegedly attacked his 61-year-old mother Jenny, and his 40-year-old sister Sharon at Londo...

• Taser Debate, Round 12337478…

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 12:04 in crime, tasers, taser, bleeding heart, police officers, hand guns, resisting arrest, lethal weapons, dothan alabama, less-than-lethal, taser debate

  The following excerpts come from an article out of Dothan, Alabama’s DothanEagle.com. Apparently a guy was stopped for not wearing his seat belt, tried to run from the police officer, got zapped by a Taser, and ended up in the hospital. So of c...

• Beware: Attack Python on Duty

  Posted on Tuesday June 17th, 2008 at 19:44 in disorderly conduct, taser, animal safety, police officers, pet snake, albino python, bridgeport ct, pet obedience, threatened with a snake

  A man in Bridgeport, CT as arrested after he attempted to order his 9-foot-long albino python to attack two police officers. Lucky for the cops, pythons rank near goldfish on the pet obedience scale. None-the-less, the 21-year-old man was charged wit...