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minus-squaresnoonslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago Officers deployed a conducted energy weapon What a funny way to say taser. My first thought was they had laser pistols or something. “Damn, we must really be living in the future.”
minus-squareweewlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoIt’s because TASER is a brand name. Also TASER is short for Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle.
minus-squareSturgistlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@snoons Well that, but also a laser/plasma pistol would be a projected energy weapon.
What a funny way to say taser. My first thought was they had laser pistols or something.
“Damn, we must really be living in the future.”
It’s because TASER is a brand name. Also TASER is short for Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle.
Yeah, I thought as much lol.
@snoons
Well that, but also a laser/plasma pistol would be a projected energy weapon.