Have a look at this article over at Scientific American! TASER Seeks to Zap Safety Concerns by Larry Greenemeier
Scientific American for God's sakes!
When did Scientific American become the public relations arm of the stun gun industry? What happened to the science in Scientific?
The only expert quoted is Steven Ashley, former police officer, stun gun industry consultant, and a guy who works for two stun gun manufacturers. Without bias? I think not.
But Ashley, a senior master instructor for Scottsdale, Ariz.–based TASER International and an instructor for its competitor, Stinger Systems, Inc., in Tampa, Fla., disagrees that TASER weapons damage the heart or other internal organs. "The energy they emit follows the grain of the muscles and impacts sensory motion and the motor control," he says. "It doesn't go off searching for internal organs." The most common lingering effect after the muscle contractions, he says, is muscle fatigue lasting a few hours. But, he admits, "you don't know exactly how each individual will react." Other variables determining victims' injuries are how hard they fall and where they land.
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