Probe Finds One-Third of People Shot By Tasers Need Medical Attention

Well, if they had to be shot by a bullet, they would be worse off. I think everyone should either stop complaining about Tasers and stun guns or to have police go back to using only bullets.

I wonder what the statistics would be like if they used a lethal weapon? As an online retailer who sells C2 as well as M18 Tasers, I do so because the outcome for the assailant is much better, even if some medical attention is necessary. Tasers, even stun guns are a much safer choice of self defense weapon when force is required. Whether a private citizen or a law enforcement officer, we should be thankful the taser is used for self defense instead of focusing on the negatives.

Really?
Cause I seriously thought something meant to disable a suspect through the use of an electric current didn't have any health risks attached. Hm.

According to an article in The Canadian Press entitled "Tasers Don't Reduce Shootings, Despite Police and Politicians Claims:" not only does the number of police shootings not change since the adoption of Tasers, but Taser useage by the police has risen dramatically.
Tasers are NOTHING but tools of torture when given to the thug like individuals who are attracted to law enforcement.

I hope that readers are aware of the fact that the Taser fires two probe at the subject. Those probes have barbs on the end of them to maintain contact with the target. When those probes hit flesh they sometimes need to be removed by a health care profesionals. The person using the Taser should be trained to use it, and to remove the Taser probes after its use.
The constant pursuit of "kinder, more gentle" means of dealing with dangerous people should end. We should all revert back to the ways of the past, when a person comitted a crime they were delt with swiftly by law enforcement with no reguard to criminal rights or civil rights. It did not matter who you know or what you did for a living.
Today's youth have no respect for elders, parents, teachers, councilors, preachers, or themselves. I feel this is a result of a lack of discipline from parents, grandparents, and community. No one cares what happen around them unless it effects them. WAKE UP ! It is our responcibility to change these things.

"Some form" of medical attention is pretty vague. What the study miserably fails to actually study, is the number of officer injuries that have been reduced by tasing a suspect rather than fighting him (or her) into custody. Everyone focuses on the taser preventing or reducing deadly-force shootings; but skip or ignore the numbers of arrests of felony suspects that involve having to physically fight that individual into handcuffs. THAT is the real saver that the taser is handy for.

Keith,

Point well taken. If Tasers save the lives of cops as well as suspects, then they have great value. And for the one who said that police officers are nothing but thugs: when someone breaks in to your house, or takes your stuff, who you gonna call? That's right, one of those "thugs", who will put their lives in jeopardy to save you and your stuff. Police officers endanger themselves every day to serve and protect. Show some respect.

"When someone breaks into your house" who are you going to call? Well, if you try calling the thug police GOOD LUCK. They have no interest in showing up, and when they finally do, all they'll do is take a report and toss it in the trash the moment they get outside of your door. Wonder why cops get so little respect? Because they persecute the innocent and ignore the ACTUAL criminals.

s418chandler:
Please do not group all youth together. Right now many of my friends from my high school youth group at church are down in Tijuana, Mexico. They are working to help the people there by building houses and retaining walls so that even though these people can't come into America, they can still have a roof over their heads. They are working with adults. My friends are very respectful of adults. Some of my friends and I have been homeschooled since preschool(I am not homeschooled anymore), so I have learned to interact with adults in a positive way. I also learned to interact with people YOUNGER than me in a positive way. My younger brother was my only playmate most days of the week for many years. I have friends over a wide variety of ages. I am friends with people who are little kids, and I have friends who are elderly. I respect all of them. I like to hear stories from when my parents were younger. I like learning about what culture was like a long time ago and what people did for fun. Maybe the youth in your life have no respect for older people, but my friends and I do.
And you know what else? It's hard to respect people who judge you, your personality, and your character because you fall into a certain age category. But I try.

s418chandler:

Please do not group all youth together. Right now many of my friends
from my high school youth group at church are down in Tijuana,
Mexico. They are working to help the people there by building houses
and retaining walls so that even though these people can't come into
America, they can still have a roof over their heads. They are
working with adults. My friends are very respectful of adults. Some
of my friends and I have been homeschooled since preschool(I am not
homeschooled anymore), so I have learned to interact with adults in a
positive way. I also learned to interact with people YOUNGER than me
in a positive way. My younger brother was my only playmate most days
of the week for many years. I have friends over a wide variety of
ages. I am friends with people who are little kids, and I have
friends who are elderly. I respect all of them. I like to hear
stories from when my parents were younger. I like learning about what
culture was like a long time ago and what people did for fun. Maybe
the youth in your life have no respect for older people, but my
friends and I do.

And you know what else? It's hard to respect people who judge you,
your personality, and your character because you fall into a certain
age category. But I try.