What a complete joke this whole process is.

Everyone knows .005 of an amp can stop a human heart with the right conductivity. Now they tell us some of these devices don't give out a uniform electrical current. Whether or not the devices do or do not is a mute point, because the current delivered is going to depend on many other multiple factors such as sweat levels of the skin, type of clothing being worn, humidity of the air and location of contact.... all of which would be very hard to measure in a controlled environment much less by a cop in the heat of the moment using this device like a startreck stun gun as if there is no consequence for its use.

What these are is they are death weapons that randomly kill by the very nature of their design and delivery system. If 10% don't deliver the correct current means nothing its how and when it is delivered that matters and kills just as much. They are just trying to justify the new and improved version of these death weapons by saying the old ones are faulty.

I just sure hope I don't look at some angry cop the wrong way on a hot humid day and get executed on the side of the road because I refused to pull over fast enough for a seat belt fine and my attitude wasn't correct or something. It could happen to any one of us... if we allow these unpredictable weapons to be used by law enforcement.

It should be considered a violation of a persons charter of rights to be subjected to a weapon so dangerous in such uncontrolled circumstances for what amounts to an unconstitutional capital punishment.

I can honestly say I would try to kill any cop that aimed one of those at me, because I would see that action as a like kind by the officer for bring out such a weapon in the first place. A gun or a billy club I could submit to, but not an energy weapon. I simply would not tolerate its presence in any situation. I would flip and it would make matters much worse.

The bottom line is that tasers do far more good than harm. If you're behaving in such a manner and find yourself in a position where a cop has to decide whether to taser you or shoot you, a taser is a far better option.

Eagle, stop the fear mongering.

I do not agree with that kind of force to bring someone down. Does it matter what part of the body they are aming for, for instance if they aim for the leg is it going to just as much harm as if your chest or head is the target. I really do not know how they work and don't want to find out.

I'm sure you would be gentle in the face of a meth addict or a rowdy drunk. IMO the cops don't get paid enough for the day to day stuff they have to face and the kinds of split-second decisions they have to make.

MrPG is correct. Eagleone is a dingbat.

Cops are paid to deal with unruly individuals. If they can't do the job, then they should find another profession. I feel tazers are brought into service, because we don't hire people capable of doing the job in the first place.

A gun or a baton requires actual decisions to be made by the officer with known consequences and therefore is much more accountable to the law. A tazer has unknown consequences that involve death... it is like a gamble every time it is used... and the law is not based on gambling... therefore a tazer use I consider unlawful and would no longer respect anyone that feels they have a right to use that option on me (even if their boss says its ok).

My previous comments (kill the cop) were a little harsh, but obviously I feel strongly about this issues and its future ramifications. I've been beaten by a cop (jumped from behind) for no reason before (mistaken identity)... and I didn't even see it coming... so I'm fully aware of how this device can be abused and result in death, because some fool thinks he has a badge to abuse someone without accountability.

The police are human beings. Most of the time they make the right decision. Sometimes they don't. For the few times they make a wrong decision, I'd rather they did it with a taser than a gun.

There will always be examples where something went wrong with a taser. The media is great at sensationalizing those events. They don't report the vast majority of cases where tasers were used safely and possibly saved a life because the officer didn't have to use his or her gun.

You are missing the point MrPG.

The tazer takes the decision out of the hands of the police officer and puts the ramifications into a gamble of electrical conductivity that is beyond anyones decision making capacity, and as such it makes the consequences unlawful because the results are not controlled when force is used.

A needless death at the hands of a tazer can not be just written off as a faulty tazer collateral damage for the greater good.

The control of the use of force is the issue. A tazer can not be controlled and therefor its use is unjust because of the risk it can put to citizen civilians with rights.

No, eagle, I think I have a good handle on the big picture here and it is you who is missing the point.

Like guns and batons, tasers can cause situations to go wrong. A taser doesn't 'take the decision out of the hands of the police officer' any more than a gun or nightstick can. Better check your logic again.