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Quote by: Halofan48  Lets think about the average crime with a gun. Someone getting robbed. Lets say your a cashier. A gun pull out a gun and tell you to give him the money. You have a tazer under the counter. He turns around to check for cops, and you pull it out and shoot him with the tazer. You do the same with the gun. Now you have the same event, except in one, he lives and faces trial. |
Knowing that a store is likely to have a gun, a criminal would be more deterred than by a taser.
And with a taser you have to be pretty close to the person, but he can shoot you with a gun from a further distance. And a taser might not be enough to stop some strung out, crazy drug addict..
But I think that the deterrance is the most important factor. Any criminal who wants to point a gun in someones face and threaten their life, they should know that they put
their own life in danger as well. If that's the precedent we set, there will be less crime attempted, and ultimately, less death.