21. You choose fight over flight only when you have a decided advantage. This will only serve to piss off an attacker. If you are aware of a threat long enough to to activate the device and have time for it to charge, you should have choose flight. Nothing more than false security.

Posted at 2:34PM on Oct 25th 2007 by static

22. It is a bad idea!!!

A lot of arguing over this topic. Volts, amps, resistance, skin type, duration, etc..., and all over such a really bad idea! If it were actually a practical working stun weapon, and it could be used for self defense effectively, and just look like a regular phone, and you feel you need it, then go for it. A friend of mine said yesterday that he "would rather be tried by twelve men than carried by six." I can see that reasoning. But this is useless.
First, it is a poor excuse for a joke, (like pulling a chair out from under someone.)
Second, it is also not useful for self defense, as it is only powerful enough to piss someone off, and only at very close range.
Third, you would risk the legal repercussions of carrying a stun weapon. It is unlikely you would get caught by the authorities, (unless you use it and someone presses charges against you,) but if you were apprehended, you would probably be charged with carrying a stun weapon without a license, in spite of the fact that the voltage isn't adequate for a stun weapon. (As a comparison: if someone is carrying a pistol, even if it is a really terrible home made zip gun, it is still a pistol and they would be charged as such.) If the local laws do not forbid a stun weapon, you could still be charged with carrying a weapon.

This project is a really bad idea.

Posted at 6:11PM on Oct 26th 2007 by MikeL

23. These folks seem to think that TASER is, indeed, a brand name. They keep following it with an R in a circle and everything.

http://www.taser.org/index.html

Posted at 11:35AM on Oct 27th 2007 by lou

24. dont fall asleep with it in your pocket

Posted at 1:56AM on Oct 28th 2007 by alex

25. Go the Jaycar DMM! If this guy is aussie then good on him. We hardly see weapon related hacks over here, besides the odd potato cannon that is.

Posted at 7:13AM on Nov 8th 2007 by Jesse Ahemizm