neoncowboy
Member
I've never been tased...but...
From all the episodes of COPS I've watched and what I've read about the product, I'd rather be shot with the taser than be:
a) shot with the officer's handgun
b) beat with the officers' batons/flashlights
c) sprayed in the face with pepper spray
Of course, being the non drug crazed, upright, law abiding citizen that I am, I'll probably never be confronted with any of this stuff.
I guess tasers are somewhat dangerous...but I would offer that it's non-compliance with the police that is dangerous.
I wonder if tasers are considered 'deadly weapons'...whereby lethal force is justified in defending against them? I guess I can see the potential for the police demanding compliance where a free citizen might not actually want to comply.
Either way, it's still better than being beat with a mag light.
Oh and by the way vernal: do you have any original thoughts or do you just post stories you read on the internet?
From all the episodes of COPS I've watched and what I've read about the product, I'd rather be shot with the taser than be:
a) shot with the officer's handgun
b) beat with the officers' batons/flashlights
c) sprayed in the face with pepper spray
Of course, being the non drug crazed, upright, law abiding citizen that I am, I'll probably never be confronted with any of this stuff.
I guess tasers are somewhat dangerous...but I would offer that it's non-compliance with the police that is dangerous.
I wonder if tasers are considered 'deadly weapons'...whereby lethal force is justified in defending against them? I guess I can see the potential for the police demanding compliance where a free citizen might not actually want to comply.
Either way, it's still better than being beat with a mag light.
Oh and by the way vernal: do you have any original thoughts or do you just post stories you read on the internet?