How do tasers work?
In: Engineering
A taser uses your body to complete a circuit, then pumps an electrical current through the circuit. This current is high voltage, low amperage, making it “non-lethal”.
When it hits you and discharges, the current going through your body causes your muscles to seize and fail, which is why most people just seem to collapse cartoonishly when it hits them. It is quite painful.
The intent is to disable someone, anyone, without lethal or lasting force. They don’t always work, and often lethal force is used anyway, but they’re the first deterrent.
It should be noted that the taser itself is a non-lethal weapon, but can and has caused fatalities. People with heart conditions, pacemakers, etc would be susceptible to a lethal tasering. There is also the chance you crack your skull open when you hit the ground.
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