| The Taser gun was originally designed in order to | | | | 1989 it was found that when used on farms as cattle |
| allow police officers to subdue a violent individual | | | | prods in some cases it could induce the animal to |
| without actually killing them. They are particularly | | | | suffer a heart attack. Then in 1999 a study carried |
| good as they allow a police office to arrest or take | | | | out in America concluded that some devices which |
| down a suspect without having to worry if a stray | | | | delivered an electric shock weaker than that |
| bullet may injure or kill an innocent civilian. In fact | | | | produced by a taser gun could also increased the risk |
| many police officers will attest to the fact that a | | | | of a heart attack occurring in people especially those |
| taser gun such as the ones that the Taser C2 has | | | | who suffer from heart conditions. But according to |
| been developed from and which will be available for | | | | many manufacturers of taser guns and after several |
| civilian use is a safer way of dealing with a violent | | | | studies that they themselves have carried out they |
| criminal or suspect. | | | | have reported to have found that the high voltage |
| However there has been some controversy | | | | shock that their devices produce is harmless. So the |
| regarding the use of this particular form of non-lethal | | | | reported deaths which have been associated with |
| device and since their issue in the late 1990's to police | | | | the use of a taser gun are somewhat contentious. |
| offices they have been involved in about a 12 inmate | | | | So if you should be considering whether to purchase |
| (prisoner) and more than 50 civilian deaths in the US. | | | | a taser gun such as the Taser C2 it may be wise to |
| So certainly with the launch by Taser International of | | | | think carefully about whether this will provide you |
| the Taser C2 which has been developed for use by | | | | with the protection that you are seeking or whether |
| the general public it is more than likely that we will | | | | it will just be a waste of your money. However, in |
| see some more deaths because of the misuse of | | | | most cases many America's who already own some |
| these type of device. | | | | kind of taser gun will attest that they feel much |
| Certainly there have been some studies carried out in | | | | safer knowing that they have one with them. |
| relation to the use of taser guns and in Canada in | | | | |