>>>Too many people are dying because it's easy to get guns.
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>>People are being killed because the killers can get guns? If the guns were not around wouldn't the killers use something else?
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>My guess is that murders would go down. It's just different stabbing someone or doing it some other hand-on way. How do you do a drive-by without a gun? How does a kid main/kill another kid playing with a gun without a gun?
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>Here in Canada we've had a "rash" (3 or 4) of deaths that seem to be associated with Tasers.
>While my suspicion is that Tasers are relatively a safe alternative, I do think there is a problem with their design and use.

Relative is a relative term. Yes, they are safer than guns from the victim's point of view, but they are used far too easily. The rational seems to be, "Hey tasers are safe, so zap the guy a few times." even when it may not really be necessary. It seems to have become a tool of first resort.

>My main argument is that it's far too easy to zap the culprit again and again. The average tasing here, apparently, involves 3 discharges of the thing.
>That's far harder with a gun because a gun does not remain connected to the victim and ready for immediate re-use.
>I also feel, and some video backs it up in at least 1 case, that tasers are used wayyyy too early in a 'confrontation'. There's almost no talking with the culprit and certainly no attempt to subdue by physical means.

Absolutely!

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>cheers