MSNBC: Forget Tupperware; It's Taser Party Time

[MiniMe]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22507292/


GILBERT, Ariz. - Before she lets them shoot her little pink stun gun, Dana Shafman ushers her new friends to the living room sofa for a serious chat about the fears she believes they all share.

"The worst nightmare for me is, while I'm sleeping, someone coming in my home," Shafman tells the group, drawing a few solemn nods from the gathered women. Shafman, 34, of Phoenix, says she knows how they feel. She used to stash knives under her pillow for protection.

Not anymore, she says, welcoming them to her Taser party. On the coffee table, Shafman has spread Taser International's C2 "personal protector," a weapon the company is marketing to the public. It doesn't take long before the women are lined up in the hallway, whooping as they take turns blasting at a metallic target.

"C'mon!" she says. "Give it a shot."

As a single woman who lives alone, Shafman says she is the perfect pitchwoman for Taser as it makes a renewed push to sell weapons to families.

The company agrees. Taser officials like Shafman's homespun sales tactics so much that they plan to build a living room set at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and have Shafman hold a Taser party for buyers and dealers.

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Unbelievable

[DS1]

1. This is not the battery powered device party I was looking for

:yoiks:

[MiniMe]

7. Here ya go

http://www.slumberparties.com/productlisthome.cfm?adult=1

:rofl:

[ixion]

2. very sad...brutality has been sublimated

welcome to the neo-barbarian age. :(

[Benhurst]

3. No home should be without one.

Got a philandering husband? Taser him!

Disobedient children? Several zaps and they'll mend their ways.

And what better way is there to control a rambunctious pet? Fido will think twice about barking during the soaps after he's been stunned silly.

Get one now before some bleeding heart attempts to ban them.

[bluerum]

4. Fear sells. Makes you long for the good old days when they used sex for marketing.

[rucky]

5. It can also scramble eggs right in the shell. n/t

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

6. Stun gun? Laughing here. nt

none of your business.

[jody]

8. Tasers are not effective self-defense weapons. A small .38 caliber revolver is much better.

[mvccd1000]

9. Step in the right direction...

Not as effective as a pistol, for the simple reason that it's one shot and done. If there is more than one criminal, or you miss the first time, you'd better hope the police suddenly found a magic way to get there faster than their typical 3-5 minutes.

Still, it's better than "a hope and a prayer" if you wake up and find someone in the house.

To all the people who responded about tasing the kids, pets, spouses, etc: We can assume you keep no knives, bats, or other potential weapons in the house, lest you suddenly lose control and use them on the other members of the household?