| Unfortunately, there has been a great deal of recent | | | | significant injuries. |
| media coverage about tasers being a dangerous | | | | What is the alternative? A police officer who uses |
| self-defense tool. Usually these stories center on an | | | | physical brute force to subdue a perpetrator will have |
| isolated and rare incident in which a criminal has been | | | | to physically restrain that individual - risking bodily |
| injured while police were trying arrest them. While it is | | | | harm to both the criminal and themselves. Tasers |
| undeniable that all police activities carry risk for both | | | | provide a non-violent option that allows the officer to |
| the officer and the criminal, it is important to think | | | | control the situation without risking their own safety |
| about what level of risk is acceptable, and whose | | | | and without harming the criminal. |
| safety should be the first priority. | | | | Individuals who use tasers for their own protection |
| It should be generally accepted that when an attack | | | | are even less likely to cause harm than a police |
| occurs the safety of the innocent victim is the first | | | | officer. While an officer must remain with the criminal |
| priority. This person has does nothing wrong, nor | | | | and work to gain control for an arrest, your goal is |
| have they volunteered to be put at risk. The second | | | | simply to stop the attacker long enough for you to |
| priority, should be the safety of the officer. Men and | | | | escape to safety. |
| women who work in law enforcement do so at | | | | Moreover, those who carry tasers as a self defence |
| great risk to themselves, never knowing if they will | | | | tool report that the likelihood of actually firing a taser |
| be harmed or even killed in the line of duty. Although | | | | is very slim. Even in situations where a taser-user has |
| officers do accept that risk part of the job, it should | | | | been under attack, simply displaying the weapon is |
| still be a priority to ensure that these men and | | | | usually enough to scare the criminal away. |
| women are kept as safe as possible. | | | | Let the media debate whether tasers are safe or |
| The final priority is the safety of the criminal | | | | not for the criminals. Most people would agree that a |
| themselves. This person has elected to engage in | | | | small risk of injury to the criminal is worth the certain |
| illegal activity, such as committing a physical attack on | | | | protection of the victim. After all, who's safety are |
| another person, by their own choice. They are the | | | | we looking out for? Are we trying to make criminal |
| ones who put innocent, law-abiding citizens and police | | | | activity safer for the criminal? |
| officers at risk. For this reason, the safety of the | | | | Whether you are in the market for a taser, or are |
| criminal, while still very important, should be prioritized | | | | simply gathering information for a future purpose it is |
| after the victim who was attacked and the police | | | | important that you seek out reputable merchants. A |
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| A recent US study of taser use nationwide does | | | | variety of items, including tasers, and provides |
| suggest that tasers are a safe self defence tool. This | | | | consumers with education on self defense. In addition |
| study, conducted by the Wake Forest University | | | | to the online resources, BLJ Enterprises supplies its |
| School of Medicine and funded by the National | | | | customers with personal attention to help ensure |
| Institute of Justice, examined 1000 cases of taser | | | | that they receive the self defense tool that is right |
| use and found that 99.7% of them resulted in no | | | | for them. |