LAST weekend I took a 50,000-volt shock from a Taser gun. I crumpled to the floor, and two seconds later I got up again. I felt fine. I can report that it hurt, and that it didn’t kill me. But the shock only lasted for half a second, while the default setting on the guns is ten times as long.
This account is unique, in that it comes from someone with no vested interest in selling, buying, using or banning these weapons. I’m not a criminal, and as far as I know I haven’t done anything lately that warrants…
