TASER NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTARY… PLUS
This week an Oregon man was sentenced to 4 years in prison for using a stun gun on his toddler son in January of last year. A quick web search finds similar incidents in 1994 and 2006, one resulting in a death. Electroshock is simply too easy. (more…)
If you still doubt that tasers are widely used as a first response option for increasingly minor infractions, this news report should convince you. A bicyclist was tasered last Wednesday in Hamilton City, California for riding a bicycle with improper lighting equipment. (more…)
Last July 28 Shawn Hicks returned home in North Braddock, PA and forgot to disarm his alarm system. He fell asleep on the couch and was awakened by a taser shot in the back. Now he’s filed suit against borough officials and the police. Will the borough settle or fight? (more…)
Reports of post-taser death sometimes claim that victims die not from the taser shock but from “Excited Delirium.” This is not a diagnosis recognized by either the American Medical or the American Psychological Association. It’s a scientific-sounding term invented to cover the effects of taser use. (more…)
Flood any market with weapons and they’ll soon end up in the hands of the wrong sort of people. The whole third world is awash in AK-47’s; now electroshock weapons have made their way from the hands of law enforcement into the hands of law breakers. Don’t be shocked; it’s a natural progression. (more…)
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