Saturday, February 14, 2009
The Inventor of the Taser is dead
Jack Cover, who invented the Taser stun gun now used by thousands of police agencies as a better way to subdue suspects, has died. He was 88.Another one of those inventive minds that sought to improve the world by developing a better way, he takes his place in history some steps below Hiram Maxim, Dr. Richard J. Gatling and Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. While he doesn't have the impressive numbers of the others, it may only be a matter of time before Jack Cover catches up.
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