gun in the face

[armedandsafe]

The electrical discharge will not set off the primers. It would take several minutes to heat the primers, gun, cases and all to the point of ignition. The electricity itself will not set them off.

The muscular reaction of the hand holding the gun would be likely to cause one of two actions. Either the gun will be dropped or the gun will be convulsively squeezed, possibly firing the gun.

Pops

 

[model4006]

yeah i dont see how a taser would have helped her situation, if she even reached for it she could have been shot.

i know how you/she feels though, and i would get her the taser too. on my campus (state university in ohio) you cant carry, but you can keep one "locked" in your car. maybe you could read over their rulebook again and find something like that hopefully.

 

[Ron-Bon]

Just try to calm down and thank God that she is okay

 

[bgeddes]

In my state, with a carry permit, defending someone in grave danger is justification for the use of lethal force.

So, if I see the A-hole threatening said young lady with a firearm, can I run a tire up his back? Vehicles are considered lethal weapons in court so would that be justified?

BTW, Good job dad!! Sounds like your daughter learned a lot of self preservation from her lessons in life. Glad she's OK.

 

[knockonit]

gun in face

Yep basic same rules, can keep one locked in car, but the college is on Reservation land, and we all know here in ARizona what that means.

Anyway, had a friend teach her about the taser and use, and another associate run her thru some drills on driving defensively.
So we'll see.
Also have a few other folks tracking this fella down and see what the law is gonna do about it.
thanks for all the comments.
rj

 

[wep45]

the number of unleashed crazies out there is alarming, and the population of this group is growing..........welcome to the new america

 

[scythefwd]

I would be more concerned about the involuntary reactions that come with getting hit with all that current. You pretty much lose control over your muscles, and they have a habbit of going into spasms and reacting unpredictibly. An involuntary trigger pull would not be out of the question.

Since I believe the current is AC (DC is much more destructive at lower amps) you are right about the spasms. I would bet that there would possibly be more than one trigger pull, but if he only pulled once, could the current turn that gun into an "automatic", chamber, current induced bang, chamber, rinse, repeat, etc, bang...

 

[scythefwd]

thanks armdandsafe. I didn't know if the current itself could do it. I dont have the appropriate facilities to test that.

It wouldn't have to heat the whole gun though. It would only have to generate heat at the primer. If there is a gap between the primer and the housing, or a little crud, there will be some resistance. The arc jumping that resistance or the electricity pushing through resistance will cause heat. Tasers use 10,000 V at very low amps. I could picture this causing heat in a very thin piece of copper / brass very quickly. It doesn't have to heat the whole gun, just the bullet around the primer. Yes, the gun would act like a heat sink, but how well is that bolt face meeting with the case? Any gaps there that could spark? Just questions, have to have something to think about