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4412345678910111213141516171819202122232425actually went into, let's say, the skin of a guy whowasn't wearing a shirt, would we still be able to hearthat clicking sound of the TASER cycling?A. It would be very muted and quiet. In anabsolutely quiet room in a scientific experiment, youwould -- you would hear it. In a confrontation wherethere is likely to be yelling and screaming and audioexclusion, you know, officers frequently don't even heargunshots. I would not expect an officer to be expectedin those circumstances to be able to hear it,particularly with a good connection. It's very subtle.Q. Can you see whether the TASER is actuallydischarging power into its target, other than just thebehavior of the target?A. Primarily you'll see behavioral clues. It'svery difficult to see electrical corona at the target,because if it is occurring, it's normally occurring onthe other side of clothing. So the dart might be in theclothing. You might have an arc occurring between thetip of the dart and the skin of the subject, but that'sgoing on behind the clothing, not on the outside.Q. But if you looked at, like, the cartridge, theend of the barrel as I'll call it -- I know it's not abarrel -- of the M26, you wouldn't see, like, sparksjumping around or anything?