News, Video: Controversial Taser shotgun weapon launched. (weapons, elect, world)

[JD59]

The controversial Taser range of weapons, used by police forces in the UK to deliver electric shocks via metal barbs fired from a pistol shaped device, has been extended to include a shotgun launched option.

The projectile, known as the , the "eXtended Range Electronic Projectile", or XREP, is a wireless device capable of delivering an incapacitating electric shock from up to 100 feet away.

Video: Controversial Taser shotgun weapon launched - Telegraph

[dukester.2]

Looks pretty wicked john...