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cigsandcoffee

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17. They wouldn't rather just use their guns, then? n/t

Reply to valerief (Reply #16)

Tue May 1, 2012, 08:51 PM

May 2012

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Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study Warns (Taser Shot to the Chest Can Kill) [View all] Hissyspit May 2012 OP

They do reports on these every few months. Lawlbringer May 2012 #1

Not me. Get the #s, how likely, what the xchrom May 2012 #4

Official declarations of SURPRISE! And official declarations xchrom May 2012 #2

Gosh, Ma'am, Who Would Have Ever Thought Incapacitating Shocks Could Be bad For the Heart The Magistrate May 2012 #3

K&R - Let the lawsuits begin!!! - n/t DeSwiss May 2012 #5

No s**t! Between the MIC, those GD Smith Brothers and the GD Police Unions, Dawson Leery May 2012 #6

NSS! (not you Hissyspit) These tasers should have never been introduced. n/t polly7 May 2012 #7

I said a long time ago that it's like a portable electrophysiology lab! Gregorian May 2012 #8

Well Meiko May 2012 #9

Taser voltage can exceed specifications felix_numinous May 2012 #10

A 9mm to the chest can kill, too. Tasers are a good thing that happened for the mentally ill. cigsandcoffee May 2012 #11

Animals are sedated without being killed. Why can't people be? nt valerief May 2012 #13

Because animals don't have human intelligence, I'd say.... cigsandcoffee May 2012 #14

Naw, they took to tasers like teabaggers take to assault weapons. nt valerief May 2012 #16

They wouldn't rather just use their guns, then? n/t cigsandcoffee May 2012 #17

they could sedate with the night sticks --- Rodney King.... n/t IamK May 2012 #19

I tend to agree. I would hope that police don't use the taser when other options are available. Hoyt May 2012 #15

no one should EVER use a tazer on a mentally person is having a violent episode madrchsod May 2012 #20

they did just that here in sacramento several months ago shanti May 2012 #22

From the Duh file. Now cops will stop using them, right? Hell, they'll probably use them more often. valerief May 2012 #12

They've already domesticated us into accepting these fucking things. Daniel537 May 2012 #18

Tasers are no less dangerous than guns. BlueIris May 2012 #21

I think brutality is the underlying issue felix_numinous May 2012 #23

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