We are clearly a nation that treasures the concept of safety, because Taser International, Inc. reported a 150% increase in sales from last year that’s due almost entirely to its redesigned consumer model, which now looks more like an electric shaver instead of a gun and comes in pink, blue, silver, or black. The company plans to start airing an infomercial later this year, so look for that on those late nights in December when all the Christmas programming has got you down.
Taser International also reported that it had six product liability suits dismissed this past quarter, and in all has had 58 wrongful death or injury suits dropped.
“Taser profits surge on sales of consumer model” [AZCentral.com]
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Crazytree: I doubt that
Vaxman: Don’t be a douche. I’m sure there are some Canadians who DO feel that fear… Torontonians perhaps? I agree that on teh whole we’re not as obsessed with arming ourselves, but it’s not a point I picked up from American TV. When you act like that you make us all look bad.
I have a handgun. Works much better.
@cobaltthorium: Well since you have no idea what you are talking about, I will enlighten you. Tasers, stun guns and the like are not torture. They are safe and effective on the majority of people they are used on. DO they cause problems on some of the people that they are used on? Yeah but so would a baton or a maglite. There is this little thing called escalation of force. You use the least amount of force necessary to detain the person. And the cops in that incident were judged justified.
Starting with voice commands escelating thru deadly force. The reaction you have to the police determines thier force level in most cases. Yeah you will have the odd dumbass who just likes to hurt people but they usually don’t make it that far on the force. I have had pepper spray, mace, stun guns and tasers used on me in training. Seriously I would rather have any of them over a baton, police dog or bullet.
The dumbass who got tasered on tv was resisting arrest, failing to follow police commands and thrashing around hiting the officers or assault on a police officer. Guess what thats a felony. SO they tried to physically restrain him that didn’t work so the next step was either use pepper spray, mace or use a taser. In close quarters like that mace or pepper spray will hit other officers and the public. Do you want to be in a crowded room and have mace used? I wouldn’t.
The best advice I can give anyone is if you are being arrested or even just detained by the police is do what they say. Fighting or resisting isn’t going to do anything but get someone hurt and more charges against you. Even if you belive you are innocent its a lot easier to talk about it rationally if everyone is calm. A lot of the time cops will handcuff you for thier safety. No one knows when somebody will snap and go crazy. And trust me they have backup and you don’t .
And no I am not a cop anymore its too dangerous to be a cop in L.A. Now I am just speaking from a police standpoint. If somone is using it wrongly with the intent to hurt somone they are wrong and need to be punished.
@kimsama: Funny!