How many here would taze another person?

Lerkfish

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:42 PM
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Poll question: How many here would taze another person?

Assume they are no real threat to you (since you have a gun as well and they don't)
Assume you're a policeman and they are getting "uppity" with you.

How would you feel about tazing someone?

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grantcart

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:43 PM
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1. I would taze people who issue inane polls

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Lerkfish

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:46 PM
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2. well, assuming I'm not armed

that means that one of the choices at the begininng would be yours.

I started the poll because I'm shocked at how many people support and defend a fascist police state. I just wanted to see what the numbers were.

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Echo In Light

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:48 PM
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5. They defend exactly that, but will of course NEVER refer to it as such

Perception management.

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grantcart

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Mon Aug-03-09 04:19 PM
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14. Tazers obviously need to be better controlled and police officers

need more training on how to defuse what seem to be fairly routine situations . .

But a facist police state would not be using non lethal alternatives.

I am glad that police have tazers and hope that eventually they make the use of guns redundant, having said that they obviously need better training and accountability.

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:46 PM
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3. Need option for 8-month pregnant women....

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/223578_taser10.html

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Lerkfish

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:47 PM
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4. good point: I was only allowed ten options, though.

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MercutioATC

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:53 PM
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6. Other: Tasers are sometimes abused, but they're the safest way to facilitate restraint.

...both for the officer and the subject...when used appropriately.

That said, I'd tase somebody in a second if it was appropriate.

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T Wolf

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:54 PM
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7. Cops are the ones who should be tazed. Repeatedly and excessively. nt

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hlthe2b

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:54 PM
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8. I might gladly taze the police officer who tazed the dog

repeatedly and intensely for extended duration, though the dog was no threat. (There is a thread on it)...

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MrSlayer

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:57 PM
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9. I would taze someone who needed tazing.

I would not taze someone who did nothing to deserve it. I went with the review option.

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stray cat

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Mon Aug-03-09 03:37 PM
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10. I would taze someone if they were a perceived threat

and how do you know they are not armed or not capable of grabbing your real gun. I would rather taze someone than shoot or kill someone and I would rather taze someone than have them kill or hurt someone including themselves.

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devilgrrl

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Mon Aug-03-09 03:39 PM
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11. I would gladly taze some of the assholes I went to high school with.

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proteus_lives

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Mon Aug-03-09 03:41 PM
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12. If I was a cop....

I'd use a tazer to subdue a violent suspect without killing them.

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LostInAnomie

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Mon Aug-03-09 03:44 PM
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13. To protect myself or others from a potentially deadly physical harm.

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