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4212345678910111213141516171819202122232425and the subject wakes up and stabs somebody or hurts anofficer or himself. Again, there's a man in the loop.We can't automate all of the decision-making process.We just tried to eliminate the risks of inadvertentlynot holding the triggers down.But making a device that fails to work at anarbitrary point in time could be very dangerous. Itwould be like designing a gun that jams after the fifthor sixth shot. You just -- you can't do it, becausewe're not there, and we've got to rely on theprofessionalism and training of those officers todetermine when they need the TASER on.Q. Just from your understanding of an engineeringdesign point of view, could the M26 have been designedso that, let's say, the trigger is pulled, the darts aredeployed, and there's a five-second cycle that wouldshut off after five seconds, even though the operatorheld the trigger down, and to reenergize the device, youwould have to release the trigger and then pull itagain, as opposed to how it currently works, which isjust it would continue after the five seconds to deliverpower?A. So is your -- was that is it possible?Q. Yes.A. Yes.