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Taser was coined in the 1970s by its inventor, Jack Cover, who named it with an acronym based on the 1911 book that partly inspired the weapon: Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. The A was added to make the acronym pronounceable. (You can read more about the book and the name here.)

A Taser is an electric weapon that stuns its human or animal target by direct contact or with wired barbs that are shot from the device.

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The word Taser is a trademark for a brand, but in common usage it is used to refer to any such device and is often used as a synonym for stun gun. When used this way, it’s usually not capitalized (taser). Sometimes, though, it’s spelled in all capitals (TASER).

Mr Khalife "flinched" when he saw the taser, but did not "have a chance to stop" because of the speed he was moving, the court heard.

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The sergeant, who was not identified, was shot at least twice in the legs and suffered shrapnel wounds, Casto said, and other bullets struck the car seat and his taser.

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The Taser was developed as a gun alternative, and it and similar weapons have become widespread in law enforcement as an alternative way to incapacitate suspects. While the Taser and similar devices have been called a “nonlethal” or “less lethal” alternative to guns, tasing someone can still injure or kill them. For this reason, the use of Tasers by police has been criticized.

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However in a written incident report, the officer – who had been stood down from the police force while facing court – said he deployed his Taser because he felt a “violent confrontation was imminent”.

An increase in the use of such devices coincided with the appearance of the verb form tase (taser is also sometimes used as a verb). Although the company that owns the Taser trademark objects to any change or differing use of the name, the verb tase has been in popular use since at least the 1990s.