"What an amazing thought, stunning people with blue balls of electricity" -- Cover to The
What a sadistic fascista!
Oh, Satan is going to have fun with you, Jack!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzttttt!!!!
"Jack Cover, inventor of stun gun; at 88" by Associated Press | February 15, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Jack Cover, who invented the Taser stun gun now used by thousands of police agencies as a better way to subdue suspects, has died. He was 88.
Mr. Cover, who had Alzheimer's disease, died of pneumonia Feb. 7 at Golden Coast Senior Living in Mission Viejo, according to a statement from Taser International, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company that makes the stun gun.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Rick Smith, Taser International's chief executive, called Mr. Cover "one of the most influential inventors of modern times."
Yup, right next to Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb!
The Taser fires darts attached to wires that deliver electric shocks to temporarily subdue suspects. The device has become a common tool for police officers, but it is controversial because it has been linked to a number of deaths.
Mr. Cover, a onetime NASA scientist, began developing the Taser as a nonlethal weapon to combat the hijackings and riots that were happening in the 1960s, Smith said.
He derived its name from a fictional weapon in a favorite childhood book, "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle," one of a series of adventure stories by Victor Appleton.
"What an amazing thought, stunning people with blue balls of electricity," Mr. Cover told The
The Los Angeles Police Department began using the devices in 1980, when they were somewhat of a novelty, and other departments began using them. More than 13,400 law enforcement, correctional, and military agencies in 44 countries now use Taser guns, according to Taser International's website....
And the rest, as they say, is HISTORY!!! GOOD-BYE, Jack!
Don't let the door hit you on the way down, prick!!!
And TAKE THIS WITH YOU!!!
ZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTT!!!!
