An argument for buffing the Powergloves

[langricr]

Wouldn't rubber just cause the projected lightning bolt from power gloves to arc around them (typically to the body of the wearer)? I thought it was that rubber doesn't conduct electricity because it has no free charge carriers, ie, it can't conduct electricity but it doesn't act as a ground.

What if insulated gloves just gave a chance for the lightning to rebound harmlessly to another target like how it normally bounces.