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Policeman Tases Guy, Sets His Pants on Fire

Ok, we know bad things can happen when the general public use tasers, but cops tasing a guy and setting him on fire? No... really? Apparently the 31-year-old in question was causing a disturbance in an apartment in Hamilton, Ontario, recently, and three police officers attended. Whatever happened after that, the police ended up firing a taser at him. Unfortunately when the high-voltage device went off some sort of flammable object in his pants waistband caught fire. He sustained burns to his hands and thigh, and had to be taken to hospital. Ouch. Someone at some point must've started saying "Liar! Liar! Pants..." [Danger Room]

1:40 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Kit Eaton
17,136 views, 46 comments

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Runt Stun Gun Looks Like Pager, Stings Like Taser

Worried about getting jumped by weirdoes? The 3.25" Runt might be the best stun gun for the money. At least, it sounds pretty cheap: $40 will get you 350,000 volts of juice from this plug-in-the-wall pager lookalike; $10 more gets you 650,000 volts, and $20 gets you a 950,000- volt model. (For a vague idea of what the 950,000-volt model will do to you, have a look at the idiot kids in the video after the jump.) More »

12:13 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Wilson Rothman
9,753 views, 16 comments

i'm stunned

Guy Who Uses Stun Gun on Son to Toughen Him Up Jailed, Unsurprisingly

The father of an 18-month-old child is off to jail for four years after being found guilty of using a stun gun on the boy. His reason for using the 100,000-volt Dragonfire, which resulted in muscle damage to the kid's heart, was because he wanted his son to be "the toughest cage fighter ever." Yeah, the toughest heart-damaged, cage-fighting 18-month-old ever. More »

8:40 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Kit Eaton
12,372 views, 76 comments

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Taser Lights Up Your Life

Taser International did a study, the methodology of which seems a bit tepid, in my home town, Columbus, Ohio—Love that Borden Butter Cow! The study showed that the use of stun guns has prevented 14 potentially deadly-force incidents and that 12 of the incidents were directly related to suicide attempts—in Columbus, they don't go for that touchy feely "Let's talk 'em down, Sarge" stuff. There was also a 25% drop from citizen complaints about excessive force during Taser use (??). Perhaps their teeth were chattering too much? More »

3:24 AM on Tue Aug 16 2005
By Travis Hudson
86 views