To whom it may morally concern:



This is a call for technologically educated individuals to come to the aid of freedom. Please spread this post to other forums.



Tasers work by retaining capacitance (an electrical charge) in batteries or capacitors; they use a voltage transformer to raise voltage to a dangerous level when fired. They use gunpowder to propel darts forward into the victim, and the electricity is passed through wires. The electric charge is also "pulsed" (made to vary rythmically in voltage or amperage) in order to disrupt the neurons in the victim's body. Many people have died from this weapon, and police in the US and worldwide view it as a source for casual punishment without trial, or as a sadistic revenge against anyone they arrest.



How would countermeasures work? I call for the simplest, cheapest, and most effective method. Should protesters have a method (water?) to ground the device? Could body capacitance be raised to the point that the devices could be burned out upon firing? Could fellow protesters carry nonconductive shears? The answer is probably none of the above, but someone out there can figure out a way to make these torture devices as antiquated as the arquebus.



Thanking you in advance,



Theresa Mitchell