Can a vehicle be turned into a taser? (Vanity)

Vanity ^ | 05/31/2020 | outofsalt

[outofsalt]

Seeing cop cars surrounded by thugs makes my blood boil and I am hoping some smart FReeper can engineer a system where the metallic exterior of a car can be electrified to deliver a high voltage, "stune" to anyone touching it. If you can develop and market this idea, make a donation to FR with the profits

[ThunderSleeps]

I'm thinking something like a big Van de Graaff generator, with the output node connected to the metal body of the car. A nice harmless zap to anyone that touches it...

Or take it up a notch. A doorbell buzzer connected to an old fashioned ignition coil or two with the output similarly connected to the body. Possibly not so harmless - likely to put people into cardiac arrest.

[Thud]

When I was a first-year law student in 1972, my roommate told me about a very early prototype of that.

His brother was an LAPD academy cadet in class when a sweet young thing brought in a big ominous-looking black box, plugged it in, flipped a switch and smiled as all the cadets (all male then) grabbed their crotches and lurched for the door. Somehow the box emitted a very low frequency sound which relaxed the adult male bladder. But it only worked indoors so it wasn't practical for crowd control then.

Israel seems to have solved that problem.

[freeandfreezing]

An armed turret, 40 mm, for Bean Bag, Pepper Balls, tear gas, etc. could be pretty simple.

You can already buy an armored Suburban with a roof mounted turret. Typically they have 5.56mm gatling gun, or sometimes a 7.62 mm machine gun.

Probably hard to get for civilian use in most US cities, particularly those with Democratic mayors.

A couple of claymore mines on the roof can also be effective.

[Ex gun maker.]

The OP asked about police cars.
PD are exempt from the NFA but not the mayors office.
I like 40mm due to the range of rounds it can fire.
Everything from just smoke and gas to HE grenades.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Here you go! When the crowd is trying to break in your car doors!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhWzMOccTg

(Check to see if legal in your state...)

[outofsalt]

I’d use it on the squeegee guys!

[freeandfreezing]

The 40mm is versatile, but there is something about how the minigun can rapidly be deployed or retracted into the Dillon Convoy Escort vehicle. I imagine it does draw some attention when it is in operation however.

[Bob434]

lol that’s pretty funny- would make a great frat gag- with everyone full up on beer lol