A very important, yet very unofficial poll has concluded that most people know very little about Tasers. 35% of people stated they know “some but not a lot,” 24% people said they know “not very much at all,” 17% claimed to know absolutely nothing, and another 24% could not care less about them. To be somewhat fair, let’s fudge the numbers a bit and assume that only 15% fall in the “not very much at all” category, and only 2% know “absolutely nothing,” and move that leftover 24% into the only category that originally applied to no one who responded to the survey, people who know “quite a bit.”
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It’s a little after 10 p.m. and you’re finally done with your shift as a nurse at a county hospital in a somewhat scary part of town. The parking garage isn’t very well lit so you try to hurry to your car across the garage. As you walk you hear footsteps behind you and a man quietly clears his throat. You tell yourself it’s someone else heading to his car, but you notice the pace is the same as yours and heading in the same direction. It’s possible he’s parked near you, but it’s also possible you’re in danger. At this point fear might be setting in, and your mind is probably racing to figure out what you’re going to do to avoid a possible confrontation or how you’ll react if it happens.
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A number of states in the United States currently prohibit the possession and use of Tasers and/or stun guns. As violent crime continues to increase all over the country, citizens are left with few means of protecting themselves other than firearms. Those who live in notoriously high crime areas are especially vulnerable, and state governments do little to offer suggestions or alternatives. It seems they’re mostly concerned with telling the citizens what not to do by prohibiting various means of protection, specifically Tasers. So people are left to find other means of protection, and even those resources are limited. For example, in Massachusetts, one must have a Firearms Identification Card (FID) to purchase pepper spray. I’d venture to say that most people who want pepper spray aren’t going to have an FID and won’t go to the trouble of getting one just to be able to buy pepper spray. It’s quite obvious that pepper spray is nowhere near as dangerous as a gun, so why are the requirements to obtain them the same? This illogical fact lends itself to an even more obviously illogical possibility, which is that the government would rather everyone own a gun as a means of self protection than non-lethal weapons such as Taser guns, stun guns, and pepper spray.
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The state of Delaware is making progress in helping curb the misuse of Taser guns. Legislation that passed the House last Thursday makes the use of a Taser or stun gun against another person, unless in self-defense, a felony instead of a misdemeanor. The bill also increases the penalty for use of a stun device against any law enforcement officer, security officer, firefighter or other emergency medical personnel in the action of their job duties. What the bill does not do is outlaw the use or possession of these devices; it simply enhances penalty for misuse.
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