Defective & Dangerous Products

• Florida Legislature to Debate Taser Use

  Joe Saunders | March 02, 2006 5:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  There's a well-balanced, thoughtful editorial in the Palm Beach Post this morning that is worth a read on tasers. The upcoming legislative debate over taser use comes in light of the tragic and unnecessary death of a Ft. Pierce man. Samuel Hair of Fort Pierce was suffering from mental illness not criminal behavior at the time of his death. He was also wearing a pacemaker. Hair had called...

• 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...

• 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...