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...Justin Wadsworth, 33, who will compete in his third Games at Salt Lake City, "up to 40% could possibly be dopers...It almost makes me sick." Last year six Finns failed drug tests at the world championships. Rest assured, no matter how many are caught before the Olympic start gun sounds, enough will beat the tests to whip any and all Yanks. At least in one Peripheral, we will still look peripheral...
...stun gun, the Advanced Taser M-18L, looks like a pistol. But instead of firing bullets, it shoots tethered darts that hook into the skin or clothes. Victims typically scream in pain and writhe on the floor until the shock subsides--usually within a minute. Heavy-duty tasers are already used by more than 1,000 police departments in the U.S.; United Airlines just bought 1,300. And now Taser, sensing a new market opportunity in post-Sept. 11 anxiety, is launching its first models aimed at ordinary citizens. Prices start...
Taser enthusiasts argue that even if a few dozen deaths could be attributed to the stun gun, that's a tiny fraction of the 30,000 or so Americans who die from gunshot wounds each year. "What our weapon does is highly unpleasant," concedes Taser CEO Rick Smith, "but it can save lives...
Gerald Le Melle, deputy executive director of Amnesty USA, doesn't buy it. "There is a fine line between protection and torture," he says. He complains that of the 43 states where it is legal to buy a stun gun, none requires a background check. Taser requires that buyers be 18 or older, but Florida is the only state that enforces the rule...
...Hundreds of surveillance cameras that can scrutinize an ID badge from 1,000 ft. away will watch entrances, exits, highways and parking lots, and spectators are warned not to bring bags larger than 10 in. by 12 in. Utah is in the midst of a heated debate over gun laws: on Jan. 1, the state ordered colleges, hospitals, parks and other venues to allow concealed weapons as long as the bearers have licenses for them. Utah's vocal gun lobby, backed by Republican state representative John Swallow, is pushing for the right to bring guns into Olympic events, if only...