Tuesday, December 05, 2006
How do Tasers work?
Found an article on Slate about how Tasers work. It's from a few weeks ago but it's a concise explanation. Also mentions that Taser International is suing some Ohio & Indiana coroners for implicating Taser in the cause of death. Yay Taser! The article ends by comparing the difference between a Taser shock and being hit by lightning. I wish I knew where to find independent studies on the effects of Tasers and stun guns, but today I'm a little too lazy to look them up.
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How do Tasers work?
Very well, thank you.
I think I need a taser (well, I just want one really bad!)...I can think if more than one person to use it on, and I'd like to try it out on my next door neighbor first.
I was a Dallas cop for a year, but during that short time I was involved in the first Taser death in our city. We had some guy armed with a knife and out of his mind on drugs. My training officer and I were the first to respond, and immediately drew down on him. We almost had to shoot him, but another officer arrived just in time with a Taser. It took 2 cartridges to disarm him, but it worked. After being handcuffed and looked at by DFD, he decided to die on us. The media made a huge deal about it, and how we should've knocked the knife out of his hands with our batons or something. Ridiculous.
Link here.
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