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Are Tasers Really Safer than Guns?

Seeded on Fri Sep 3, 2010 12:03 PM EDT
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A Study Found that In-Custody Deaths Increased 6 Times after Tasers Were Introduced to Law Enforcement Agencies

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The latest controversy is about the 64 year old that the police insisted was going to the hospital. He did not have insurance. They made sure he went by tasering him four (4) times. His department says the action was within department policy. If this is true, the department needs new leadership.

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