From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 02:41:44PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > Bryon Daly wrote: > > I wonder if 15 minutes is long enough in all cases > > 2 words: > > Zip ties.
1 word:
Run!
You don't have to stay in the house. You can go to a neighbor's, drive away in your car, or just take off running.
From what I gather, you have to leave the taser behind after you zap the
guy, so that it continues to apply the juice: "While the target is disabled, the user can place the device on the ground and escape."
... I just get the scenario in my head of fleeing to a neighbor's house, calling
the cops, and by the time the cops get there, the guy is gone, and so is your
$500 taser... (Until he returns with it to get revenge, on some future night.
Yikes!)
Note I'm not trying to say the taser's a bad idea. It certainly would be better
than nothing, and also be safer to own with kids around. But it doesn't seem
like a fully adequate replacement for a gun in terms of home security.
Hopefully perhaps with advancing technology that will change...
-Bryon
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