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Old 01-30-2009, 07:25 PM  
WarChild
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Originally Posted by Matt 26z View Post
What kind of police officer benefits most from carrying a taser?

Obviously the type who needs to rely on a taser as a replacement for physical strength.

I shouldn't have said there wouldn't be a need for tasers. They have their place, but should only be fired when they would otherwise have fired a gun had a taser not been available. That is what the taser was invented for, a non-lethal alternative to the gun.

But police departments across the nation saw tasers as an excuse to become lax on physical aptitude testing.
Before tasers the police just clubbed you down with a nightstick. That also has its problems.
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