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Pistol grips that vibrate in a specific pattern for a set length of
time when drawn from their holster. Prevents police officers from
claiming they didn't realize which weapon they had drawn.
Piston / taser confusion death
https://www.ktvu.co...itvale-bart-station
Supposedly the officer pulled the wrong weapon. [doctorremulac3, Jan 15 2022]
[link]
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I swear to god after reading your other idea this
popped into my head as well but I'd just have the
deadly weapon vibrate. Codes would be too
complicated I'd think. [+] |
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As long as it doesn't vibrate too hard and the pattern is very simple (e.g. if it's vibrating at all it's a gun) this is brilliant. Also cheap, practical, and easy to implement. In fact this should be made by someone. Do we still have a real maker in the house? |
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[a1], Kim Potter was just found guilty of manslaughter for
shooting someone with her gun instead of her taser. So it's
been established now that courts WILL, at least
sometimes, hold these officers accountable. While no
single approach to preventing such an occurrence will ever
be perfect, it gives more evidence to a jury to chew on. |
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It was a different size. It was a different shape. It was a
different color. It had a different trigger. AND it vibrated.
AND it literally shouted at you what it was. You see where
I'm going with this. It makes convictions against such cops
easier. |
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Well now, couple this with my Mae West idea from 'Idiot Proof Holster' and you've got the complete sex toy. |
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'Make Love, Not War', as the hippies say. |
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And 21, this isn't the first tazer/gun confusion death. (link) |
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This is truely a "How come nobody ever thought of this
before?" idea. |
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I'm wondering if the tazer should vibrate because that's
more
intuitively like electricity. Plus with the deadly weapon you
don't want distraction eh? |
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Whatever one vibrates I'd think you definately wouldn't
want both to. |
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The idea in my mind was that you want to draw more
attention to the lethal one. Nobody cares if you
accidentally discharge your taser instead of the gun, so a
vibrating warning that you've drawn the taser is less
helpful. |
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Fair enough, but I think the vibrating should definately just be
for one and not both. |
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And have that holster blast a siren or start playing a recording
saying: "FIREARM DRAWN! FIREARM DRAWN!" |
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21, I've fired a tasar pistol once and many bullet firing
pistols
over the years. The tasar is a little bit lighter for a weapon
of
that size but nothing you'd notice in the heat of the
moment
until after you pull the trigger. |
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This is along with the warning or alarm holster for the
firearm
or at least the holster "Deadly weapon drawn!" alert is a no
brainer. |
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My son's a police officer and former combat Marine so he's
the family weapon's expert. I'm going to ask him and see if
this is a thing. If not I'd like to get his opinion. |
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Would drawing either weapon not take up a lot of
valuable time, and be hard to do without a
comprehensive range of instruments and good
lighting? |
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Better than painting or water colors. |
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In what way is it better? Time taken? Artistic merit? technical detail? You need to be a lot more specific than that if you want people to take your comments seriously you know. |
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Zen, I'm reminded of a meme I saw of a man holding up a
mile of traffic at a sign that says "draw bridge ahead",
sweating profusely and muttering about what a ridiculous
requirement that is. |
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