| /div> | | | | suggest that tasers are a safe self defence tool. This |
| | | | study, conducted by the Wake Forest University |
| If not for the Taser, How many safety officers would | | | | School of Medicine and funded by the National Institute |
| have had to pull out their | | | | of Justice, examined 1000 cases of taser use and |
| 9 mm to shoot a criminal. They is a lot of people | | | | found that 99.7% of them resulted in no significant |
| alive today because of the taser. | | | | injuries. What is the alternative? A police officer who |
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| comes the using a taser gun. | | | | have to physically restrain that individual — |
| Unfortunately, there has been a great deal of recent | | | | risking bodily harm to both the criminal and themselves. |
| media coverage about tasers being a dangerous | | | | Tasers provide a non-violent option that allows the |
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| accepted that when an attack occurs the safety of | | | | Moreover, those who carry tasers as a self defence |
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