OnTheIce OnTheIce:
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
Lots of information out there. As I said "People are dying all the time from Taser use". Shall I do more of your homework?
You still haven't proven anything.
Your trying to exaggerate the fact that taser deaths are rare. So rare, that they happen "all the time".
Your insinuation is nothing short of false.
So rare, they happen less than death due to lightning and less than those who die from spider bites.
If you went to someone and said, "people die all the time due to spider bites" they'd laugh at you, although they happen 2x more often than taser deaths.
Do people die "all the time" using fireworks?
Do the math, Mr. Google.
I think you fail to grasp a fundamental part of debate - I don't have to prove my opinion.
It is my opinion, and therefore correct. Proof is not required. I have provided links that back up my opinion that the 'non-lethal' tasers do in fact kill people quite often.
You seem to think that because some other event considered 'rare' happens more often than taser deaths that negates my opinion. It doesn't. That's a classic logical fallicy. Do the math yourself if you wish: how often does lightning strike (thousands of times per day around the world), vs how often are tasers deployed (once a week? a month??) Which has a higher incidence of death per ocurrence? And does that negate my opinion that tasers kill people? No.
Conducted energy weapons kill people. Fact.
Tasers can cause great physical harm, even if it isn't fatal. Fact.
Tasers more often than not have no lingering effect on the conductee. Fact.
Police have new guidelines on how to deploy this potentially lethal weapon. Fact.
By all means, keep trying to disprove my opinion instead of providing facts to back up your own. I can do this all day.