1. What is a C2 Taser Gun?
The C2 Taser
is a self-defense electric device manufactured by TASER International, Inc.
Neuromuscular Incapacitation (NMI) technology use propelled wires or direct
contact to conduct energy to affect the sensory and motor functions of the
nervous system. The Taser C2 uses a
replaceable cartridge containing compressed nitrogen to deploy two small probes
that are attached to the Taser C2 by insulated conductive wires with a maximum
length of 15 feet. The Taser C2 transmits electrical pulses along the wires and
into the body affecting the sensory and motor functions of the peripheral
nervous system of the person being affected. The energy can penetrate up to two
inches of clothing, or one inch per probe, even leather.
2. Neuromuscular
Incapacitation (NMI)?
The human
nervous system communicates with simple electrical impulses. The command center
(brain and spinal cord) processes information and makes decisions. The
peripheral nervous system includes the sensory and motor nerves. The sensory
nerves carry information from the body to the brain (temperature, touch, etc.).
The motor nerves carry commands from the brain to the muscles to control
movement and can be involuntary in response to the sensory information. An
example would be the involuntary muscle reaction to pull a hand away from a hot
object.
TASER
technology uses similar electrical pulses to cause stimulation that affects the
sensory and motor nerves. Neuromuscular Incapacitation (NMI) occurs when a device
is able to cause involuntary stimulation of both the sensory nerves and the
motor nerves. It is not dependent on pain and is effective on subjects with a
high level of pain tolerance.
Previous
generations of stun guns could primarily affect the sensory nerves only,
resulting in pain compliance. A person with a very high tolerance to pain
(e.g., a drug abuser or a trained, focused fighter) might be able to fight
through the pain of a traditional stun
gun.
3. Common Effect of NMI
The use of
Taser technology is designed to cause incapacitation and involuntary muscle
contractions, making secondary injuries a possibility. These potential injuries
include, but are not limited to: cuts, bruises, impact injuries, and abrasions
caused by falling, and strain-related injuries from muscle contractions such as
muscle or tendon tears, or stress fractures. These injuries are secondary in
nature and not directly attributable to the electric stimulation of the Taser
device, but are possible
consequences of the involuntary muscle contractions
the TASER device induces to produce incapacitation. Examples of the effects may
include:
1. Subject may fall immediately to the
ground and be unable to catch him/herself. (A civilian defending
his/herself should leave immediately and call police.)
2. Subject may yell or scream.
(Demonstrates effectiveness of device.)
3. Involuntary muscle contractions of
varying degrees. (That's what it does.)
Subject may freeze in place with
legs locked.
4. Subject may feel dazed for several
seconds/minutes.
5. Potential vertigo.
6. Temporary tingling sensation.
7. May experience critical stress
amnesia (may not remember any pain).
4. Basic Electrical Theory
- Electricity must be able to flow
between the probes or the electrodes.
- Electricity generally follows the
path of least resistance between the probes.
- The greater the spread between the
probes on the target, generally the greater the NMI effectiveness.
- Electricity will generally not pass
to others in contact with the subject unless contact is made directly
between or on the probes.
- Electricity can arc through
clothing.
- Exposure to water will not cause
electrocution or increase the power to the subject (the electrical charge
is fixed inside the TASER device, and will not increase significantly even
with environmental changes).
Modern
pacemakers and implanted cardiac defibrillators withstand external electrical
defibrillators at least 800 times stronger than the TASER conducted energy pulses.
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