I Think It Might Be Time To Buy TASR

David Sklansky · #1 03-12-2007, 02:25 PM

They were wrong when they said it never kills people and that hurt them a lot. But cops tell me that those things aren't going anywhere. What do they care about a few dead people? There would be even more without the gizmo. I have 10,000 shares.

Scary_Tiger · #2 03-12-2007, 03:20 PM

This post is +EV. Nice job.

Doug Funnie II · #3 03-12-2007, 04:35 PM

Just bought 10K shares too. Thanks David.

ahnuld · #4 03-12-2007, 04:42 PM

I cant see where they expect sales to be generated from. I have only done a really quick look-over, but who do you envision will order massive amounts of tasers who hasnt already. Just seems overvalued to me and I cant see where growth is expected to come from.

David Sklansky · #5 03-12-2007, 04:55 PM

Overseas? In any case when the stock was much higher the market envisioned a certain amount of sales. Lawsuits temporarily derailed that. So if they are back on track the stock figures to go up.

SplawnDarts · #6 03-12-2007, 05:24 PM

I think tasers have one major problem:

In jurisdictions where the populace either doesn't care, or has no say, re: the police killing people they're trying to subdue, there's no reason to bother with a taser. The cops just use guns because they're safer for the cop.

In places with a more sensitive populace and/or more public oversight of the police & government, the taser's reputation for killing will hurt its adoption regardless of the facts of the matter.

Expect some new low-lethality weapon to appear to get around this (possibly irrational) sensitivity. It's unlikely taser will be the company behind it as their name is now associated with the deaths.

The US military, of course, has learned their lessons in Iraq, and would rather just have a dead villain than one that has to be put in jail where they can cause continued trouble. It's likely most foreign armies have already learned that lesson, or learned it by proxy from us.

ahnuld · #7 03-12-2007, 07:10 PM

http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/5y/t/tasr

5 year chart ftw. Seems like they really need to find some new planets to sell to if they ever plan on getting back to their old levels.

seems like I missed alot. I figured it was around for a few years, it must have been past its early growth stages but it clearly isnt. Trading at 21 times next years earnings, could be interesting.

nineinchal · #8 03-13-2007, 09:56 AM

Elbit, Inc. (ESLT) an Israeli provider of defense product products rolled out a prototype last week.

This robot has a cannon, a grenade launcher and machine guns. It can climb stairs and be controlled remotely by a an operator using a video camera. The Israelis plan to use it against Hamas and Hezbollah to reduce the hand to hand combat losses.

I figure the US dept of defense will order ten thousand dozen of these babies, not to mention local police departments around the civilized world.

Beermantm · #9 03-13-2007, 04:42 PM

Isn't there a legislator in Texas trying to make new laws about the ability to carry Taser products? This is going to be a trend across the US I'm sure and a lot of the big city areas already can not use them for concealed carry but only self defense in ones home. This to me says buy a gun and make sure anyone who breaks into your home is shot to death and not tasered so that he becomes agitated. Being on the streets of Chicago these products would be great for business men and women but a large majority of criminals would probably carry them or a Gun if they thought someone would be armed with one. I love the idea of Taser products and wanted one for myself but the things you have to go through to get one you might as well buy a gun. I agree the cops will have them but isn't that a limited market?

I don't know it's an interesting stock and at an affordable price but I would like to see more support for these products instead of all the negative press they get.

ski · #10 03-14-2007, 02:26 AM

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Elbit, Inc. (ESLT) an Israeli provider of defense product products rolled out a prototype last week.

This robot has a cannon, a grenade launcher and machine guns. It can climb stairs and be controlled remotely by a an operator using a video camera. The Israelis plan to use it against Hamas and Hezbollah to reduce the hand to hand combat losses.

I figure the US dept of defense will order ten thousand dozen of these babies, not to mention local police departments around the civilized world.

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How often do you see local police in the civilized world with granade launchers and machine guns?