Taser Crazy, What Can You Do To Defend Yourself

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As some of you may be aware as a civilian you do not have the same level of rights as the military, police and private security forces (such as bail bond agents). The weapon which is increasingly being used against the civilian population is the taser. In many cases subjects who are already subdued are repeatedly tased as a punitive action by the non-civilian forces.

Evidence of this is all over the internet, but here's a very blatant and recent ruling which indicates how the civilian population is being treated by the "rule of law". In short this article says a judge ruled in New York that it's OK to tase people for any reason and under any conditions... like if you are mentally ill, having a seizure, or handcuffed and completely immobilized. In essence it is a memorandum of state sponsored torture - http://blogs.buffalonews.com/niagara_views/2009/06/taser-ruling-sho...

This is what we are up against;

http://www.taser.com/Documents/PDF/Detailed_Information_Sheet_C2.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroshock_weapon

"The internal circuits of most electroshock weapons are fairly simple, based on either an oscillator, resonant circuit, and step-up transformer or a diode-capacitor voltage multiplier to achieve the continuous, direct, or alternating high-voltage discharge. It may be powered by one or more batteries depending on manufacturer and model. The output voltages without external "load" (which would be the target's body) are claimed to be in the range of 50 kV up to 1000 kV, with the most common being in the 200 to 300 kV range. However, since air has a dielectric breakdown (Emax) of 3000 kV/m, it is clear that the spacing of the electrodes will not permit the upper range of claimed voltages (900 kV representing a minimum electrode spacing of about 30 cm). The output current upon contact with the target will depend on various factors such as target's resistance, skin type, moisture, bodily salinity, clothing, the electroshock weapon's internal circuitry, discharge waveform, and battery conditions"

Given that this energy is oscillated one possible defence against this weapon could be garments which become part of the circuit and phase out of sync with the input signal (the taser's discharged energy), this may also be used to conduct the energy back into the aggressors body simply by touching them, think of it as "an eye for an eye" defence.

For good people who just want to help out, you can cut the wires from a taser using non-conductive wire cutters, though by doing so will also invoke punitive actions from the non-civilian forces using the tasers in the first place. But if you feel strongly enough that you need to cut someone away from these electroshock devices that is an option.

Other strategies for keeping the barbs used in many of these weapons could be something as ancient as wrapping the body tightly in silk, as used in Asia to stop arrows from penetrating into the skin. However this silk undergarment should be able to conduct electricity in order to short circuit the two conductors from the taser which are used to complete a circuit through the victim's body.

Commercial solutions include this strategy are made by a company called G Squared Consulting, LLC ("G Squared ") selling a product called Thor Shield - http://www.thorshield.com/prod01.htm - This product looks strikingly similar to GoreTex. GoreTex interestingly enough is used as conductive material in industrial and military applications which may be a clue to how the Thor Shield product functions. However civilians are strictly forbidden to purchase this product, you must be military, police, or private security forces. I wonder why?

More information at http://www.defensereview.com/video-thor-shield-anti-taseranti-micro...

Similar strategies include wearing a bullet proof vest or stab resistant garment. Something as old as home made chain mail could also prove effective, but as with wearing some sort of metal against your skin there is a risk of the metal becoming hot and burning your skin.