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- Mar 17, 2017
Well Taser do work, the problem is that they are as deadly as a gun when used at the right level of power. they work even better than guns because the person is stopped and most likely dead on the spot.
None of those things are true.
Tasers fail constantly- not mechanically, the devices work fine, but in actual use. Prongs hit too close? Its just a glorified stun gun. Prongs get caught on thick clothing and don't penetrate? Nothing. You miss? Well you realistically only have one shot in most models, then you can use drive stuns, which are painful but not debilitating. You have to have a good attachment of two prongs spaced far enough apart to get the effect most people think of as stopping someone with a taser. And sometimes they just don't because who fucking knows why.
They're a good option, and they have caused serious injuries and death- the injuries mainly from falls (an unsupported fall while spasming is very dangerous) and the deaths mainly from secondary effects and causing heart attacks or fucking over pacemakers- but those are fairly rare. They get better compliance than pepper spray, which barely affects some people and also risks cross contamination, especially indoors (use it inside and you're catching some too- and you're not going to get a timeout break to wash it out while you're cuffing or dragging the noncompliant retard who is now screaming bloody murder about how he can't breathe).
A taser is an option but in the real world an imperfect one. It is an excellent tool in a use of force continuum but they are only very rarely deadly- and then only by accident.
Now when the tasers come out every street nigger yells about having heart problems and why you can't taze them, sort of like how they scream about breathing problems when you threaten them with pepper spray or CS gas