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Tasers Go Commercial: Music Players, Designer * At the 2008 Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, Taser International introduced a personal "Taser C2" which can hold one gigabyte of MP3 music files in its holster; they are available in "red-hot," "fashion pink" and leopard print (Associated Press, January 8). * After the "Don't Tase Me, Bro" video circulated on the internet (PPR #43), Taser sales went up 56% (Weekly Dig, January 30). * In Arizona, Taser parties are held at which women take turns firing off the C2 "over light conversation and snacks" (Portland Mercury Blog, January 25). * Taser is developing a new "shotgun" version of the device that can be used from 60 feet away (Daily Star, January 31). * In January, a 29-year-old man died in Minnesota after being hit with a Taser by state troopers (Associated Press, January 17). * A Toronto City Council member proposed postponing purchasing more of the devices until more safety studies are done (Canadian Press, Feb. 29). * A Canadian report included this explanation for an officer not issuing a warning: "Subject would not have understood the command, as subject was a dog." The same report does not include previously available information such as " related injuries, duration of shocks...[and] precise dates of firings" (Canadian Press, March 24). * A Gresham woman is suing because an officer zapped her while she was slumped over with her insulin needle, in a diabetic episode (Oregonian, December 12). * Chicago researchers say all the animals on which they tested Tasers ended up with heart rhythm problems (CBC News, January 30).
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May, 2008
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