American Voices

Are Tasers Safe?

April 20, 2005 | ISSUE 41•16

Most security personnel defend the use of Tasers, but Amnesty International said that there have been more than 100 Taser-related deaths since 2001. What do you think?

  • You wouldn't be complaining about Tasers if you had a rubber bullet lodged within inches of your heart like me.

    Harold Wilson
    Sound Producer

  • As a man who wears a thick-rubber gimp suit on his midnight visits to the nursing school, I have no problem with Taser use.

    Mark Stuttgart
    Sales Manager

  • If you're a cop, deadly force is the last thing you want to use. However, if you're a really twisted cop, a weapon that leaves a suspect flopping about like an epileptic puppy is dead-bang perfect.

    Karl Gordon
    Police Officer

  • People complain that getting hit by a Taser is really painful, but in reality it doesn't hurt until your hypothalamus starts working again.

    Mary Watkins
    Systems Analyst

  • I only hope this controversy doesn't affect my soon-to-be-launched national family-fun franchise, Taser Tag.

    Sam Williamson
    Sheet-Metal Worker

  • Tasers are too much of a hazard. I guess the police will just have to go back to using tractor beams.

    Ellen Anderson
    Chef

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