Taser gun inventor dies, aged 88

Jack Cover, who invented the Taser stun gun now used by thousands of police agencies as a better way to subdue suspects, has died at 88.

Taser gun inventor dies, aged 88

Jack Cover, who invented the Taser stun gun now used by thousands of police agencies as a better way to subdue suspects, has died at 88.

Mr Cover, who had Alzheimer's disease, died of pneumonia Saturday at Golden Coast Senior Living in Mission Viejo, according to a statement from Taser International, the company that now makes the stun gun.

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