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From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Taser Razor and Full Impact
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1993 14:45:23 -0500
On Fri, 13 Aug 1993, Jason Carter, Nightstalker wrote:

> You missed my reasoning. The dart is a hand razor blade. The blade is curved
> downward and goes to a point somewhere from 45-90 degrees downward. When you
> shoot this at someone, the chance of it bouncing off body armor or of it not
> getting the fully contact needed is much greater than that of a pointed tazor
> dart. Hence armor would protect you better against a razor taser than a normal
> tazor.
>
> Does that make sense?

The question is, is armor naturally insulating, requiring the dart to go
through the armor before it can shock? Realistically, all the dart has to
do is to touch the person, find some way to be grounded and ZZZZAAAAAPPPP.

Game Balance{tm} says it has to go through armor first.

I guess I don't have an opinion on this issue, but mostly because Tasers,
as represented, are way too wimpy.

*shrug*

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