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MoJo wrote:

txinvestigator wrote:
Trivia, what does the acronym TASER stand for. (try not using Google :) )

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The inventor of the TASER was a Tom Swift fan he got the name from the title of a Tom Swift novel. Ain't it amazin' what you learn from The History Channel?

LOL You win the prize.

ghentry wrote:This is a pretty old one that I've seen many times. I don't think they were using Tasers much, if at all, back then. This one was very scary as the officer put himself in a pretty bad situation. Seeing how the man was all alone and not endangering any other innocents, I don't see why the officer should have endangered himself as he did by closing in on the guy still armed.

Do you suggest that they just let him go?

I have been there, done that, and the officers did a fine job. At some point, you have to decide that you are going to move in on the guy, and he either complies or gets shot.....his decision.

I had a situation once where a knife wielder was about 2 pounds away from death. When he threw his knife down, I released the trigger on my 92FS and it came waayyyyy out. I still shake my head about that one.

TASER's are not designed to be an alternative to deadly force for officers. They are designed as a tool so officers do not have to go hands on with a suspect physically resisting.

Trivia, what does the acronym TASER stand for. (try not using Google :) )