Quote Originally Posted by WyrreJ
It's trivially easy to build a taser out of a disposable camera - the power source for the flash is the key component. However, you are likely to end up with a device that is a lot more lethal.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2049857_tase...le-camera.html

The flip-side of frequent taser use is that people are going to start figuring out how to protect themselves. It doesn't take much, just a conductive layer of clothing. As long as both eletrodes touch the conductive layer, the electricity won't enter the person's body - even if the darts are also embedded in the person's skin.

There is already a company selling clothing with a layer of conductive polyester embedded. They look just like regular street clothes. They even have a video of a guy getting tasered in various ways without any side-effects (for example, they've got a baseball cap with the material in it and they put a taser directly to the guy's head in 'drive-stun' mode and nothing happens to him). They call it Thor Shield.

That may keep them from being tasered but my guess is unless the clothing is made with a layer of Kevlar the people who end up then getting shot by the cops are going to wish they only got tasered.

Why people think a cop should risk his life limb, or health to protect the health of the person or persons who are allegedly breaking the law is beyond me.

Of course if this had happened at a Republican Q&A the liberals would be blaming the politicians and not the cops. I do not beleive Kerry had anything to do with this but that would not stop the liberals.