Quote (Goomshill @ 6 Apr 2018 00:24)
Tasers are absolutely not for taking on someone who is rushing you.
Tasers do not stop people who already have momentum, tasers do not reliably disable people, tasers are quite ineffective at disabling someone who already had murderous intent.
Police tasers are intentionally not made strong enough to actually shock someone into submission because anything so powerful would be often lethal. When police used stronger tasers, it killed people. Which then got the police blamed.
Tasers are also ineffective simply by the restriction of their design: Prongs often fail to attach, they are bad at penetrating clothing, they can be easily ripped out. Where they hit someone matters. If you miss the single shot. If they fail to deploy. If they get snagged on surroundings. If they get shorted out. If there are multiple attackers. Etc etc down the line.
There are no magical non-lethal means to subdue dangerous targets. They don't exist. No weapons programs have ever developed anything thats reliable, portable, cheap, effective, and guaranteed non-lethal. Not tasers, not mace, not net-guns, not sonic devices, not microwave emitters, not russian poisonous knock-out gas. They all fail in one way or another. When someone is charging a police officer trying to bash their head in, the only reliable tool they have to stop them is hollow point bullets aimed center of mass to minimize chances of hitting bystanders.
again, just creating a situation in order to dismiss something you don't like by trying to portray it in the worst light possible. first of all, the taser use would have occured EARLIER - not when he's charging. secondly, tasers DO stop people with momentum, you're talking out of your ass. the electric shock contracts the muscles - it's not just an inconvenience like pepper spray. also, i already acknowledged that tasers CAN be problematic, but just repeating those instances and possibilities does NOT mean they are as ineffective as you're trying to make it sound.
and all of that is STILL ignoring the simple fact that i already said twice that given the circumstance i consider the gun use justifiable, and that was my very first post concerning this case. but hey, maybe repeat your fallacious anti taser rant a couple of times and that will magically render a tested piece of equipment useless, while promoting your beloved guns to the perfect solution for every case. guess your simple mind can't deal with any more nuance...
This post was edited by fender on Apr 5 2018 05:50pm