Only days after Taser International was found liable in a wrongful death suit, a new study conducted by CBC News/Radio-Canada and the Canadian Press have concluded that one in three people shot by a Taser require medical attention. The information was gathered from RCMP incident reports filed between 2002 and 2007. Of the 3,226 tasings laid down during that period, 910 of the victims went to a medical facility to treat their injuries–and many more potentially serious cases did not seek treatment.
Obviously, this report is not the last word on the subject and we will surely see more studies in the years to come. And my guess is most of these studies will be in conflict with one another. Hell, we have already seen one incident where a Taser may have helped someone with a heart condition. What’s next? A study that finds Canadian criminals are more sensitive to electrocution than American criminals? [CBC News via Digg]
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Friday, October 31, 2008 at 8:33 PMAlternative TASER technology exists? Whether can electric shock weapon be more safe? Probably, it is time to pay attention to new technologies? For example, PULL DOWN GUN. Pull Down Gun is the first multi-shot remote electric shock weapon, invented in Russia. Uniqueness PULL DOWN GUN: automatic restriction of electric charge by a level which is necessary and sufficient for a immobilization of object. Use PULL DOWN GUN reduces risk of an electrical injury and allows in the majority of situations of confrontation with aggressive object to use a level of force which is necessary and sufficient for an actual immobilization of object.