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harmonics writes "This is absolutely hysterical, it seems a "No-Contact Jacket" has been developed for women by MIT. This thing carries enough voltage to knock you on your duff (80,000 volts), and is decently stylish too. Now to find out how I can get my wife one. Just don't wear it in the rain!" The real question is whether the submitter knew the origin and full meaning of the word "hysterical".
Why don't you move?
No, that's not THE problem, it's one of many. It's a pretty big one though.
Us 'backwards rednecks' aren't the ones with a crime problem. The counties with the most guns per person are the safest ones in the country. Places like NYC where law abiding citizens are disarmed are the most dangerous. There's tons of empirical data from all over the world to show this relationship, but anyone with the slightest bit of street smarts could predict it. If you're a criminal and you know the chances are very high that your potential victim is armed, you're much more likely to be cautious and avoid confrontation, but if you know your victim is probably disarmed, confrontation and violence is much more likely.
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