The tasers cops carry today look and feel like a pistol. As Tam said on her blog, this is maximally stupid. She recalled the Japanese word “poka-yoke”, which essentially means “idiot-proof design”. When I was still engineering automation systems for Detroit, this was Guiding Principle #1. But not for designers of tasers, apparently.
Uh, no? Go here to see a comparison of police Tasers versus a service pistol: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3950071/posts?page=132#132
Since when is a police pistol BRIGHT YELLOW?