Taser

The City of London police force recently began equipping some of its frontline officers with Tasers. The move was the first of its kind in England and Wales, and criminologists used the shift to carry out a major experiment on how the public respond to visibly armed officers.

It seems we mistakenly thought that convergence meant we were supposed to be carrying less gadgets rather than more gadgets, but Taser launched a new range of stun guns in a range of female-focussed colors at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, adding yet another must-have for those who wish to

The Avurt IM-5 launcher is a flashlight-sized, non-lethal self-defense device that fires pellets filled with PAVA powder at distances of up to 40 feet, burning the eyes, nose and throat of the target.