My point is that taser deaths and injuries are not as rare as you believe. If you doubt that premise, look at how many lawsuits have been dismissed or paid off in the past two years by TASR. Again, they will likely increase as the taser becomes more common. That is only logical and doesn't require a link
Yes, they are quite rare and several studies have proven that point. Of course the number will increase - you can't un-death these folks. But the real point is the frequency based on number of tased people - if it goes up, then you would actually have a point. This study claims 2 people out of 962 died, but not due to the taser.
Independent Study Indicates Tasers Generally Safe for Use by Law Enforcement
SEATTLE (AP) -- Tasers and similar stun guns, increasingly popular among law enforcement agencies nationwide, are generally safe for police to use, according to new research.
In what was called the first large independent study of injuries from Tasers, researchers reviewed 962 cases in six locations. Nearly all the cases they found resulted in no injuries or minor ones such as scrapes and bruises.
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"This is the first time we've got an accounting of how likely it is that you'll be seriously injured by one of these devices," said lead researcher, Dr. William P. Bozeman, an emergency medical specialist at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
He presented the research Monday at a meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Seattle.
While the research found that stun guns are safe, Bozeman cautioned, "These are serious weapons. They absolutely have the potential to injure or kill people."
In the cases reviewed for the study, two people died, but autopsies found neither death was related to use of a Taser. Three people were hospitalized after being zapped, two with injuries from falls. It was unclear whether a third hospitalization was related to the use of a stun gun, according to the researchers. |
