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11/13/2007 12:53 PM
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#11
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mdor0914
Join Date: September 2007
Posts: 2
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RE: Civilians with Tasers
JGaffney - Don't over think this brother!! Yes, Taser has and will testify that Its products are not harmfull. However, to this point that testimony has been in the context of a LEO who has no intent to kill or injure the subject of the Tasing. I think you could thoroughly prove that intent would be present in a civilian Tasing a LEO.
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3/7/2008 3:41 PM
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#12
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irishone
Join Date: March 2008
Posts: 511
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RE: Civilians with Tasers
Most commercial outlets selling Tasers do a background check to see if the person buying the device can be in possession of it.
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3/7/2008 8:02 PM
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#13
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Steve Rothstein
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 275
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RE: Civilians with Tasers
Isishone, be careful about generalizations like that. They may be true for your home state, but it is certainly not true for mine. There are no restrictions on any citizen owning a Taser in Texas and no way for the stores to do a background check on the purchasers.
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10/28/2008 4:44 AM
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#14
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waff259
Join Date: October 2008
Posts: 4
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RE: Civilians with TASERs
Sorry I'm a little late to the party ...
The posts I've read all make good points. I do have one area of concern though:
Even if it were found to be justifiable to employ deadly force against a criminal attacker, coming at you with a TASER, in my mind, I see huge problems concerning tactical disadvantage. Allow me to clarify. Most OIS situations that I'm aware of, occur under circumstances where the officer has very limited, or no cover; not necessarily that he/she is not making good use of available cover, it just simply isn't there. In this situation, is there a possibility that we might be putting ourselves MORE at risk by unholstering our firearm, and having out for the criminal at the time he/she/it decides to use the TASER against us. I raise this question after having recently done some independent study in the area of ACTION -vs- REACTION (specifically, reading up on the research of Dr. Bill Lewinski of the FORCE SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER. If you're not familiar with his work, I strongly recommend looking into it.)
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10/28/2008 10:05 PM
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wolfva
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 114
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RE: Civilians with Tasers
Hey, it's better to be late to the party then to miss it all together!
Well, one way to help with the action v reaction problem is to already have envisioned yourself in that type of situation and worked out how you will react. That way, if you find yourself in said situation your mind is already prepared. Bruce Sidle describes it much better then I can in his own book "Sharpening the Warrior's Edge".
Tactically speaking, I'd say you respond to a person holding a TASER the same way you would a person holding a gun. Step out of the line of fire while drawing your own weapon. Frankly, I find it perplexing that an officer would stand still, in one place, while drawing his weapon on someone with a ranged weapon drawn at him. HELLOOO! Does the phrase 'sitting duck' mean anything? I suppose it comes from firearms training on static ranges. We react as we are trained to react. If you're trained to stand square to the target then, in a survival stress incident that is what you will do. Practice drawing and moving sideways on your own time; it doesn't take much motion to get out of the line of fire. Train your mind as well; as you're patrolling think constantly on what you will do if X happens. When you're chewing the fat with other officers on a dead night engage them in what they will do. Remember, Academy training is only the beginning, and barely scratches the surface. It's up to YOU to fully train yourself to the best of your abilities.
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