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Don't Tase Me, Sis!
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, March 6, 2008.
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What do you get for the woman who has everything? How about a Taser with an MP3 player built-in?
New lines of personal Tasers come in pink, blue and silver, and are about the size of an electric razor. They're a hot new gift item, and Taser parties are beginning to replace the Tupperware parties of more innocent times. A personal Taser can offer a lot of protection to those who brandish it, but critics like Silja Talvi say they cause more problems than they solve. She recently wrote about Tasers for In These Times magazine, and she spoke with us on Word of Mouth.
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