All I got for Christmas is... a pink Taser?

by Rob Peters | November 23, 2007 at 12:56 pm | 331 views | add comment

There's been so much press about Tasers lately--looks like the company that makes them is deciding to capitalize. I wonder if the metallic pink Taser would match my pink iPod.

As the RCMP launches a fresh probe into another Taser-related death, the U.S. manufacturer of the stun gun is promoting the weapon as a great Christmas gift.

"What does Santa bring you when you have been good but the world is getting bad?" reads the ad for "personal protector" guns on Taser International's website (taser.com.)

Sold in a variety of styles and colours to civilian consumers across the U.S., including metallic pink and electric blue, the product retails for $299-$349 and can be purchased online.

The Taser C2 uses the same technology as law enforcement models and has "incredible takedown power," according to the site.

Tasers are a prohibited weapon in Canada except for law enforcement officers.