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Quote by: ruksak  Here's something else for you to chew on Prax my boy. We can get rid of the taser altogether. But that will do NOTHING to lower instances of suspects violently and physically confronting the cops. The cops will have to use other less safe means of confrontation. Many times they will have to draw their guns and fire. Fact: A cop can disarm and dissolve a knife wielding crackhead with a taser and not get hurt. Fact: Take the taser away and the cop will use his gun 100% of the time in this instance. |
Ah ba ba ba... you're jumping the gun again.... I never said they should be banned.... I said that can be an option if that is what they find. But I said, which you seem to agree apon, is that new proceedures are required and the tasers use limited, which is what I suggested at this time.
As a clarification from my first post in this, my personal opinion is that I don't like them and I think they should be banned..... OR limited in their use.
You're thinking I was implying they should be banned all together? Once again, remember I'm not a black/white kinda guy. However there is still peper spray which works just as well as a taser..... but then you have some who have alergic reactions and die... so it's always a loose loose situation.
The point is, if they are banned, good... officers never needed them before, they don't need them now. There are other non-leathal options as well. However, my opinion does not mean the case. What will most likely happen here is that in Canada they will pass a new system to follow with them, and they will not be banned right away. They will most likely be restricted.
But also in your response, if your officer will pull his gun 100% of the time.... sure, go ahead.... buddy is threatening your life... shoot him in the eye. But I'm not talking about situations in regards to violent people.... but relatively calm situations, or situations that can be easily talked down, like this one could have been.
And frig, even if they couldn't talk to one another due to a language barrier, they could have made hand signals or they could have drew out some friggin picutres..... and pictures are universal, even if you can't read.... if you can make basic pictures, you can talk to anybody.