Entity wide revenue number of major customer.

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- Definition

Extended warranty period.

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- Definition

Percentage of accounts receivable customers one.

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- Definition

Percentage of consolidated net sales not exceeded by any single customer.

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- Definition

Previous warranty period after purchase of product.

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- Definition

Service terms of services purchased.

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- Definition

Standard warranty period.

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- Definition

Warranty period after purchase of product.

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- Definition

Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 605

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-Section S99

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-Number Topic 13

-Section A

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- Definition

Percentage of revenue generated from a single external customer that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues.

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- Definition

Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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- Definition

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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- Definition

The charge against earnings resulting from the write down of long lived assets other than goodwill due to the difference between the carrying value and lower fair value.

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-Section 45

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Previous warranty period after purchase of product	90 days
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments of company	2
Aggregated operating segments	0
Percentage of net sale represented	10.00%	10.00%
Warranty period	1 year
Impairment charges of long-lived assets	0	0
Maximum [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Service term for services purchased	5 years
Period of extended warranty after expiration of standard warranty	4 years
Minimum [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Service term for services purchased	1 year
Period of extended warranty after expiration of standard warranty	1 year
Other Countries [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of customer outside the united states	0	0
Extended product warranty [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Deferred revenue	11,800,000		10,800,000
TASER C2 [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Standard warranty period	1 year
Previous warranty period after purchase of product	90 days
EVIDENCE.Com [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Deferred revenue	2,000,000		1,300,000
Distributor One [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Maximum percentage of total sales represented by one customer	13.70%	12.20%
Accounts and notes receivable by customers one	14.50%
Distributor Two [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Maximum percentage of total sales represented by one customer		11.70%
Accounts and notes receivable by customers one	12.90%		17.20%
Distributor Three [Member]
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts and notes receivable by customers one	11.30%