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...looking at this from the lion's perspective. One day, you're wandering happily around the grasslands, looking for a nice baby buffalo or perhaps a large lizard to snack on, and wham! You're hit by a stun gun, and the next thing you know, you've been stuffed into a cage. Three days later, everyone expects you to act "interesting" for expectant-looking adults and sniveling, balloon-toting kids lined up outside your faux-natural habitat at the local...
...Company claims more than 100,000 customers have purchased a device that is supposed to detect radio waves emitted by spy cams equipped with wireless communication capabilities. The $30 appliance, marketed to women for personal protection, comes fitted with a whistle, a make-up mirror, and a stun...
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...
...statistics show that over the past three years tasers were effective only 56% of the time. Although all 1,100 field officers in the San Diego police department are issued tasers, they rarely use them. "They aren't real confident with them," says Sergeant Stephen Margetts. He notes that stun guns work best in a very limited range--8 ft. to 10 ft. from the suspect--and must be held at precisely the right angle. Most officers, he says, just reach for their pepper spray...