| | 1. Seven percent of people subjected to taser fire will suffer from permanent disability including physical and mental handicaps.
2. Taser International weapons have a charge of 80,000 to 775,000
volts at between 7 to 14 watts. The applied power interferes
with the communication signals of the nervous system causing
temporary loss of coordinated muscular control and nerve damage.
3. The lower voltage, higher amperage Taser weapons cause involuntary contraction of skeletal muscles, often causing torn ligaments and reducing blood cell generation for approximately two weeks. Even highly drugged individuals cannot resist the effects of these weapons.
4. Taser has spent over six million dollars on corporate lobbyists to make sure that their brand of taser would be used in police forces through out America.
5. Taser brand tasers have been used to electrocute the genitals of Iraqi prisoners of war in an effort to obtain information or a confession.
6. Nine out of ten people who carry a taser report an increase in ego and feelings of "Godlike" power and superiority.
7. Taser has their own laboratories which routinely release studies stating the safety and innocuousness of regular taser use. A large percentage of these studies make no mention of the effects of being tased.
8. In a now withdrawn report from 1994, Taser conducted a "random sample, double blind placebo" study that concluded daily taser shocks increased vitality and blood flow to the brain.
9. According to an Amnesty International report, more than 150 people nationwide have
died after being shocked with Tasers since June 2001. Statistics where not kept during the public beta of Taser International weapons testing that took place before 2000.
10. Tasers are a favorite of officers of the law who have a history of harassment and assault. This conclusion is drawn from a cross reference of psychological studies and incident reports submitted since 2003.
Sources for all this information can be obtained from my sources page.
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