Defective & Dangerous Products

• Third Stun Gun Death in a Month in New Orleans Area

  Joe Saunders | February 23, 2006 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A man died about 36 hours after being subdued with a stun gun by St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance at his home, authorities have revealed.The case marks the third time in less than a month that a suspect has died after being shocked with a Taser gun in the New Orleans area.

• Family Deals With Life After Taser

  Joe Saunders | February 14, 2006 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The following story ran in The Globe and Mail newspaper:Samantha Foldi faces life as a widow from her wheelchair. For nearly 10 years, since a car accident left her partially paralyzed, she relied on her husband Jim for so much. He quit his construction job to help with her rehab and to care for their four children. He once rescued them from a fire, lowering his wife to safety out a bedroom...

• Taser Found to Be 39 Times More Powerful than Manufacturer Claims!

  Joe Saunders | February 13, 2006 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In an article reported this morning in the Arizona Republic, a study measuring electric shocks from a Taser stun gun found that it was 39 times more powerful than the manufacturer claimed, raising new questions about the weapon's safety.The study, published last month in the peer-reviewed Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, concluded that the shocks are powerful enough to...

• Former Cop to Plead Guilty to Illegal Use of Taser

  Joe Saunders | February 11, 2006 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A former Escambia County deputy accused of illegally shocking a Pensacola woman with a Taser stun gun is expected to plead guilty next week, federal court documents show.The deputy shocked the Pensacola woman 4 times with the Taser after responding to a possible child abuse incident.

• British University Warns Against Tasers

  Joe Saunders | February 10, 2006 5:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A British university is warning of the dangers of electric stun guns that will be trialled in New Zealand later this year. Police officers will be armed with taser guns, which cause temporary paralysis and are designed to be used as a non-lethal way of dealing with violent offenders. Project coordinator of the Non Lethal Weapons Research Project at Bradford University, Neil Davison, says...

• Georgia Legislature Mandates Stun Gun Training

  Joe Saunders | February 09, 2006 6:32 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Police agencies in Georgia that use Taser stun guns would have to make sure their officers know how to use them properly under a bill passed overwhelmingly by the House on Wednesday. The legislation, which cleared the lower chamber 162-1 and now goes to the Senate, would require police departments to draft written policies for using Tasers that meet standards set by the Georgia Peace Officer and...

• Grand Jury: Don't Taser Kids

  Joe Saunders | February 06, 2006 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  "Police should not use Taser stun guns to subdue children," a Miami-Dade grand jury has stated. However, they didn't propose an outright ban on the weapon. Taser stun guns emit 500 volts of electricity which incapacitates the victim. There are increasing reports of deaths as well as abuse of taser stun guns. In one recent incident a Nashville man was tasered 19 times before dying.

• Nashville Man Tasered by Police 19 Times, Dies

  Joe Saunders | February 05, 2006 6:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Last year, a Nashville man was tasered by police a total of 19 times! Not surprisingly, he later died. In spite of this, more police officers will receive taser weapons after a scant 4 hours of training. It seems to me that if police officers are going to be equipped with these stun guns, more research on safety needs to be done. In addition, 4 hours of training hardly seems sufficient when...

• California Coroner Calls Taser a Factor in Death

  Joe Saunders | February 04, 2006 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  For the first time in Santa Clara County, California, a coroner has determined that a Taser gun factored in a man's death. Dr. Christopher Happy concluded that "a contributory cause of death was post tasering and pepper-spraying."According to Richard Konda of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability, a local police watchdog group, "There are just a lot of open questions about Tasers, and we...

• Urgent Easy-Bake Oven Recall

  Sandy Grinnell | July 22, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for approximately 1 million Easy-Bake Ovens. This defective product recall comes after the February repair campaign failed to prevent injuries.Hasbro, Inc., the maker of the Easy-Bake Oven, has reported to the CPSC that repairs suggested in February which were supposed to prevent children from getting their hands or fingers caught in...