Air Tasers
I was looking at these. http://www.taser.com/index.asp
Neat product but after I poked around the website a little I became aware that while cops can get air cartridges that will reach up to 35 feet us lowly civilians can only get the 15 foot model. I was actually considering getting one of these but I don't think I will now. I asked them why us civilians can only get the short range model and they said police studies show that MOST Taser firings are at 7-10 feet. Obviously they realize that sometimes bad things happen at longer ranges or they wouldn't offer longer range cartridges. But us civilians aren't able to buy these.
I get so sick of the concept that cops are somehow "more valuable" than us. If someone is a "cop killer" that somehow makes them more "evil" than a regular murderer. Cops, who usually have back up, can get better self defense items than us people who usually have to face these problems alone. I can tell you there's not a cop in this country that is more important than the average janitor or fast food worker. And the more cops perpetuate this "we're more important than civilians" attitude the more people like me are going to say "up yours. No you're not.
http://www.taser.com/law/product_info/accessories.htm
Neat product but after I poked around the website a little I became aware that while cops can get air cartridges that will reach up to 35 feet us lowly civilians can only get the 15 foot model. I was actually considering getting one of these but I don't think I will now. I asked them why us civilians can only get the short range model and they said police studies show that MOST Taser firings are at 7-10 feet. Obviously they realize that sometimes bad things happen at longer ranges or they wouldn't offer longer range cartridges. But us civilians aren't able to buy these.
I get so sick of the concept that cops are somehow "more valuable" than us. If someone is a "cop killer" that somehow makes them more "evil" than a regular murderer. Cops, who usually have back up, can get better self defense items than us people who usually have to face these problems alone. I can tell you there's not a cop in this country that is more important than the average janitor or fast food worker. And the more cops perpetuate this "we're more important than civilians" attitude the more people like me are going to say "up yours. No you're not.
http://www.taser.com/law/product_info/accessories.htm
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