[news] Set to Stun?

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by Richard Hindes | Znet | August 26, 2005 No doubt, proponents of tasers will interpose that - legitimate concerns aside - the occasionally lethal tasers are still preferable to nearly-always lethal firearms. This is an attractive argument, particularly in light of the extra-judicial execution of Jean Charles de Menezes on the tube in July. Unfortunately, what this defence overlooks is the way that the "non-lethal" appellation serves to lower the threshold prohibiting the use of weapons. That is, police are likely to use tasers in many circumstances where they would never even consider using firearms.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/8/28/85253/3679