Next time you go to grab your little Taser stunner out of your purse, think about this: what would even be more frightening to a potential mugger is a grandma wielding a Taser shotgun. That’s right – Taser has announced an extended range projectile to add to your Taser arsenal.

Taser is of course targeting law enforcement with its new eXtended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP). It will fit any standard 12-gauge shotgun and smack you down with “the same Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) bio-effect as our handheld TASER X26, but can be delivered to a distance of up to 100 feet, combining blunt impact with field proven TASER NMI.” Each projectile will come pre-packaged in a shell compatible with 12-gauge shotguns and will be transparent so police known which type of ammo they are taking you down with.

When the shell comes out of the shotgun it goes live and “autonomously generates incapacitating Neuro Muscular Incapacitation for 20 continuous seconds.” Not fun if you are on the receiving end – but handy for officers dealing with doped out bloggers. Taser added it will also be releasing with Mossberg (not Walt mind you) the Taser X12 LLS Mossberg shotgun, which won’t accept normal shotgun rounds for less lethal take downs. It will though have a ghost ring sighting system and collapsible tactical stock.

Taser XREP