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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 118709" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>If these are the same kind of tasers that are used in law enforcement, they can be <em>extremely</em> dangerous even in the hands of professionals and require extensive training to handle and use them properly. We have tasers at the prison where I work and they're kept under lock and key - only the shift captain can approve their use and only in extreme conditions where all other means have failed. And the people who use them have to take classes on how to use them safely and are required to be "zapped" themselves to become certified to use the tasers. We've had big, strong 250-pound tact team members on the floor in tears, and it took some of them hours to recover from the electric shock! And there IS a risk in people who have certain heart conditions, so they're only used as a last resort, even on convicted felons. Definitely not for amateurs.</p><p></p><p>They're certainly nothing to carry around casually in your purse or to be anywhere that children or adventurous teenagers could possibly get hold of them! And you have to be TRAINED in how to use them correctly for them to be effective. Use them wrong and you won't disable your attacker, you just make him MAD! And assuming that a man who is attacking you will be bigger than you are, there is the very real possibility that he will get it away from you and use it against you. Also, you can't use a taser from a distance - you would have to wait until they were right next to you to hit them with a taser. And just try to imagine looking out your window and seeing <em>your children</em> chasing each other around the yard with the <em>taser</em> that they found in your purse! </p><p></p><p>These things have absolutely no business being sold to the general public. They're much too dangerous, especially for someone not trained to use them, and the potential for misuse or accidents is simply too high. Much better to get yourself some mace or pepper spray and carry <em>that</em> in your purse!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 118709, member: 1883"] If these are the same kind of tasers that are used in law enforcement, they can be [i]extremely[/i] dangerous even in the hands of professionals and require extensive training to handle and use them properly. We have tasers at the prison where I work and they're kept under lock and key - only the shift captain can approve their use and only in extreme conditions where all other means have failed. And the people who use them have to take classes on how to use them safely and are required to be "zapped" themselves to become certified to use the tasers. We've had big, strong 250-pound tact team members on the floor in tears, and it took some of them hours to recover from the electric shock! And there IS a risk in people who have certain heart conditions, so they're only used as a last resort, even on convicted felons. Definitely not for amateurs. They're certainly nothing to carry around casually in your purse or to be anywhere that children or adventurous teenagers could possibly get hold of them! And you have to be TRAINED in how to use them correctly for them to be effective. Use them wrong and you won't disable your attacker, you just make him MAD! And assuming that a man who is attacking you will be bigger than you are, there is the very real possibility that he will get it away from you and use it against you. Also, you can't use a taser from a distance - you would have to wait until they were right next to you to hit them with a taser. And just try to imagine looking out your window and seeing [i]your children[/i] chasing each other around the yard with the [i]taser[/i] that they found in your purse! These things have absolutely no business being sold to the general public. They're much too dangerous, especially for someone not trained to use them, and the potential for misuse or accidents is simply too high. Much better to get yourself some mace or pepper spray and carry [i]that[/i] in your purse! [/QUOTE]
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