Study: Tasers 'safe' for 99.7% of targets

[LynneSin]

I figured we should start Tuesday morning out with a big old bowl of hot buttery popcorn!!



http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2186014,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11

Taser stun guns used by police are safe, say US medical researchers


· More than 3,000 issued to British forces since 2004
· Study links injuries to number of shocks

Taser stun guns issued to police forces across the country have been declared broadly safe, following the largest independent study of injuries inflicted by the weapons.
A medical review of nearly 1,000 cases in which the controversial weapons were fired found that 99.7% of those hit were either unharmed or suffered only mild injuries, such as scrapes and bruises.

The majority of injuries were small skin punctures caused by metal darts fired from the guns.

But the study suggests there is a strong link between those more seriously injured and the number of times they are shocked by a Taser. The weapons incapacitate their targets with a 50,000-volt electric shock.

[flvegan]

1. All citizens on the streets of the UK should be issued Concealed Carry Permits

If the cops get tasers, the general citizenry should be able to protect themselves. An M1991A in every belt, a .380 in every boot.

Hold on...need one of these
:sarcasm:

[MrCoffee]

2. medical science proves it...tasers are cool.