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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:56 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should Tasers Be Banned? |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Should ridiculously slanted polls |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. better? |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Wow, |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. sorry for the initial slant. |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I understand. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Why do you think it's "ridiculously slanted"? |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. The OP kindly edited the wording |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. With one alternative. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Banned, no. Treated as deadly weapons, yes. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. if a 'bad guy' has a weapon the situation automatically jumps to a "lethal force" level |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I have seen police taser training on I think the Discovery channel... |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. That's a sensible response |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah. Lets go back to night sticks. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. they still carry batons too |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. but don't use them because they have tazers |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Which is a good thing. |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Exactly my point. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. There are some people who would disagree with you... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. No Police use of pain to control noncompliance will continue. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Ah, "pain compliance techniques..." |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. No. As far as I understand it... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. No. Crimes committed by cops should be prosecuted- THAT'S what would help. nm |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't believe they should be banned. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not until Bush and all of his buddies are first tasered |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. No. I'd rather there be tasers than night sticks |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. If I have to live in a world with all sorts of extreme force being used |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Strange how "yes" is handily winning, but the comments are universally "no." |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. No, Police who shoudn't be trusted with ANY weapons should be banned. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I agree. The bastards who taser people as a first reaction |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. C'mon...of course they should be. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. i cant answer poll. and i have been one of the loudest griping about taser |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. No - at least they are not as deadly as bullets |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. There is no good reason for tasers to be banned, but they do present a problem |
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