Tasers...not for the stupid

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Mike

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On the firing line
Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife.

A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Taser for
their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol &
Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion
was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little
something extra for my wife Julie.

What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser.
The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with
no
long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her
adequate time to retreat to safety....?? WAY TOO COOL!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home.
I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and
pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed.

I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND pressed
it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue
arc
of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.

AWESOME!!!

Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that
burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to
myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two
triple-A batteries, right?

There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on
intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the
directions
and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on
a flesh & blood moving target.

I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction
of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet
cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to
protect herself against a mugger, I did want
some assurance that it would work as advertised.

Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my
reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my
nose, directions in one hand, and taser in another. The
directions said that a one-second burst would
shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second
burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss
of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly
make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of
water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting
the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device
measuring about 5 '' long, less than 3/4 inch in
circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded with two
itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, 'no
possible way!'

What happened next is almost beyond description,
but I'll do my best...?

I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with
her head cocked to one side as to say, 'don't do
it dipshit,' reasoning that a one second burst from such a
tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I decided to
give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I
touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button,

and .. ... WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!!!!!!

. . .

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side
door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us
both on the carpet, over and over and over again.

I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal
position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both
nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my
left arm tucked under my body in the oddest
position, and tingling in my legs?

The cat was making meowing sounds I had never
heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the
fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed
by my body flopping all over the living room.

Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself
with a taser, one note of caution: there is no such thing
as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You
will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from
your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor.. A
three second burst would be considered conservative?

A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a
relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what
little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My
bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace.

The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from
where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both
nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had
been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs.

I had no control over the drooling.

Apparently I shit myself, but was too numb to know for sure
and my sense of smell was gone.

I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe
came from my hair. I'm still looking for my nuts and
I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return!!

P. S. My wife loved the gift, and now regularly threatens
me with it!


'If you think Education is difficult, try being stupid.'
 


Hehe, fucking funny stuff, must admit I would probably have been thinking the same, although not sure if I would have gone through with it.
 
I wouldn't have experimented on myself - I would have used the cat. mwhahahah
 
I'm pretty retarded when it comes to electricity, so I can safely (unsafely) say that I probably would've done the same thing as the guy in the story.
 
haha...i would never do that shit.

i did use a dog shock collar on myself......twice.

*edit- tequila was involved.
 
I couldn't imagine, I have watched buddies get drunk and play with dog shock collars. And those are bad ass enough.
 
haha...they suck ass. I did the ones that adjust to the strength of the bark...bad news, lol.
 
Unbend a paperclip and hold it within an inch of a power socket. Don't put it in, just hold it there for 15 seconds and look at it.

Now try to go about the rest of your day without running over and shoving it in there! It's impossible I's tells ya! Impossible!
 
Me and a buddy bought 4 when we were 16. They were buy 3 get 1 free for $60.00. The package said 100k volts powered by a 9volt battery. The blue electricity was present though between the two metal prongs and the clicking sound was pretty loud but we later found out that these tazers were practically toys. Shocked a friends little brother the day we got them (after he consented) he thought it was awesome. went home told his sister about it, she told her mom. Mom flips out, calls the cops and presses charges. After she found out she was an idiot and my mom showed her one of the "tasers" she wanted to ...."un-press charges".... but couldnt because the D.A was an ass. long story short 100hours community service, a year of probation and deferred judification. Our lawyers never wanted to test them out because they were too afraid. The tasers were locked up as evidence and destroyed after the case, only to never be tested for their true voltage. sad story..i know.. it was pretty much the first case of its kind. Similar to all the air soft gun incidents. Where kids were being shot by cops with spray painted air soft guns. One of the officers even said "its like being hit with a baseball bat" in which I replied with "please. let me hit you with the baseball bat and by all means you can shock me with that toy alllll you want". He just laughed it off like I was kidding..or crazy.

Live two doors down from them now and are really good friends. We joke about our 2 weeks in juvenile hall. I fucking hate tasers. Even though I still want a REAL one.
 
Me and a buddy bought 4 when we were 16. They were buy 3 get 1 free for $60.00. The package said 100k volts powered by a 9volt battery. The blue electricity was present though between the two metal prongs and the clicking sound was pretty loud but we later found out that these tazers were practically toys. Shocked a friends little brother the day we got them (after he consented) he thought it was awesome. went home told his sister about it, she told her mom. Mom flips out, calls the cops and presses charges. After she found out she was an idiot and my mom showed her one of the "tasers" she wanted to ...."un-press charges".... but couldnt because the D.A was an ass. long story short 100hours community service, a year of probation and deferred judification. Our lawyers never wanted to test them out because they were too afraid. The tasers were locked up as evidence and destroyed after the case, only to never be tested for their true voltage. sad story..i know.. it was pretty much the first case of its kind. Similar to all the air soft gun incidents. Where kids were being shot by cops with spray painted air soft guns. One of the officers even said "its like being hit with a baseball bat" in which I replied with "please. let me hit you with the baseball bat and by all means you can shock me with that toy alllll you want". He just laughed it off like I was kidding..or crazy.

Live two doors down from them now and are really good friends. We joke about our 2 weeks in juvenile hall. I fucking hate tasers. Even though I still want a REAL one.
:crying:
 
`Now thats how you write!

I remember one time I grabbed an electric fence and seriously thought I was kicked by a horse. Crazy.
 
HAhaha...

I remember one of my friends getting a taser. He would always play with it and ask us if we wnated to try (which we refused)

One day I open the door only to find him standing on the other side, Taser held in height of the doorknob.

"Hmm... didn't work" Was his only comment.

::emp::
 
People would be much safer around me if I had a gun. With a taser, I would use it on everyone. I'm pretty sure I would be more restrained with a handgun. Possibly.
 
Same here, I actually thought someone had punched me in the back of the head, exactly the same feeling.

My friends laughed their asses off because they said I jumped like 15 feet back in the matter of a split-second. I made it clear up the hill before they even knew what happened. Good times.
 
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