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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
An officer can use a baton on someone who is being combative but not their sidearm. Do you not think it appropriate that a taser cannot be used in the same situation?
I actually see no problem with re-classifying the taser as an impact weapon. But if you want to change it to leathal force, than you might aswell get rid of the thing because an officer will most certainly go for their firearm over a taser in those situations especialy if there is only one officer present.
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I probably made the wrong analogy.
Usually when a police officer would opt to use a firearm....someone with the ability to shoot back is seen as the threat....of course the police officer would want to shoot back.
Classifying it as an impact weapon is probably the best way to go.
There are some positives to take from all these recent taser incidents. The public now knows what 'can' happen, so hopefully compliance with the police will result.