Learn About EMFs

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A handy new holster from Taser International Inc. holds not only your stun gun but a music player too.

    Taser’s latest foray into consumer products was introduced Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The holster costs $72.99 on the company’s Web site and includes a 1-gigabyte MP3 player.

    The company, which also sells its electronic weapons to law enforcement agencies and the military, has been stepping up its consumer product offerings with Tasers in new colors like “red-hot” and “fashion pink.”

    The latest Taser — in a leopard print and costing $379.99 — “provides a personal protection option for women who want fashion with a bite,” said Chief Executive Rick Smith.

An electroshock weapon is an incapacitant weapon used for subduing a person by administering electric shock aimed at disrupting superficial functions. One type is a conductive energy device (CED), an electroshock gun popularly known by the brand name “Taser”, which fires projectiles that administer the shock through a thin, flexible wire.

Electroshock weapon technology uses a temporary high-voltage low-current electrical discharge to override the body’s muscle-triggering mechanisms. The recipient feels pain, and can be momentarily paralyzed while an electric current is being applied. It is reported that applying electroshock devices to more sensitive parts of the body is even more painful.

The Maximum Effective Areas for stun gun usage are upper shoulder, below the rib cage, and the upper hip. The relatively low electric current must be pushed by high voltage to overcome the electrical resistance of the human body. The resulting ’shock’ is caused by muscles twitching uncontrollably, appearing as muscle spasms. Experts generally agree that the ‘margin’ of safety in this case is highly-dependent on the overall health of the person subjected to the shock. -Wikipedia

As one blogger pointed out, you need the MP3 to drown out the sounds of the person screaming who you just tasered.