Whats it like getting tased?

[Walding07]

Im currently a Criminal justice major and I got a job as a jailer in the local county jail...and I have to get tased. So im jus wonderin what its like. Ive been told to exhale right before they do it, and thats sopposed to stop you from screaming. How would you describe your expirence?

[fnkychkn]

no idea. don't really want to find out either.

[slvr bullet]

Shocking!!!!

[JaReD]

Describe my experience? They were the longest five seconds of my life. Ouch!! Good luck. Since when do jailers carry tasers?

[Ron380]

Many jailers and police officers are trained/certified (and tested!) on Tasers, even though they don't carry one. For my local PD, only the Sargent's and above actually carry the Taser, but all officers have to know how to use it and operate around it if it gets deployed. My Volunteer class got to "sample" a flash-bang, that was quite enough for me!

[redinorange]

no idea. don't really want to find out either.

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[TxCowboy]

Exhaling before getting tased is so when you hit the ground you don't get the wind knocked out of you. Also make sure your bladder is good and empty and you've had a very recent bowl movement. People react differently to getting tased some pass-out, some cry and wet themselves and eh, some get an adrenline boost and get mad as hell. But all are temporarily incompasitated during the tase. Don't even try to fight it ... just relax and exhale. Have fun and just wait till you have get pepper sprayed the affects of the spray last way longer then the tase.

[Junior]

Before Jackass, Johnny Knoxville did those sorts of things for a skateboarding magazine, Big Brother. I L'dMAO the first time I ever heard of him - on a skate video they produced - him getting tazed in the backyard. Looks like it hurt by a lot. Shut him right down.

As far as practical advice? Yeah I got nuthin'.

[viper3ez]

"dont taze me bro"

[Walding07]

Describe my experience? They were the longest five seconds of my life. Ouch!! Good luck. Since when do jailers carry tasers?

Well we dont get to carry one, but there is one we have access to just in case, and we are a smaller jail where the police and sheriff deputies often come in when we need help.

[05Silver_C]

Get your self a stun gun and youu can practice in your living room

A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Taser for their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....?? WAY TOO COOL!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and taser in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries. All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, “no possible way!"

What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best...? I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, "don't do it dip****," reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . . . HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. . . WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . . . WHAT THE HELL!!!

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs?

The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room.

Note: If you ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself with a taser, one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. A three second burst would be considered conservative? SON-OF-A-BITCH, THAT HURT LIKE HELL!!!

A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling. Apparently I **** myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my nuts and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return!!

P. S. My wife loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it!

"If you think Education is difficult, try being stupid"

[Phatty]

It isn't that bad. All your muscles tighten up for 5 seconds and there is some "pain". I've never seen anyone poo or pee themselves. Some yell some don't say anything. Once the five seconds is up your done and able to function. I believe that as humans we just have this huge fear of being Electrocuted. I would much rather be tazed again then getting sprayed.

[CDesmondO]

It will be very uncomfortable to say the least. Just try not to scream, as everyone will make fun of you later. I once took 2 prongs in the back when training with some MP's...........it hurt alot. The about 9 months ago my buddy bought this lil gadget:

http://www.stungundirect.com/Stun_Gu..._Stun_Gun.html

After a few beers another buddy "tried it out" on himself. Near instantaneous loss of all urinary and bowel functions. And rather funny as well.

IMO I would rather be pepper sprayed, as I am more adapted to it now. Pulling those barbs out of me really sucked though!!

[southern comfort]

It hurts like hell when it is on, but when it is off it is off. no decontamination and no lingering effects. It feels like your back is about to blow through your chest.

[Sixpak]

I don't imagine it's the most pleasant experience, but as long as your healthy and don't die from it you'd probably get over it, I had a 3 D cell cattle prod when I was 16, I don't know what sort of voltage it was putting out, but it didn't feel too bad ( I tried it on myself ). I hit my sister and her friends with it a few times, and ended up getting a 3 day holiday from school from walking up behind girls in the hallway and shocking them on the butts.