To study the recent deaths of people from Tasers and other stun guns, a professor plans to test them on pigs to see if they die from the shock or other causes: A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to study whether stun guns alone can kill pigs — or whether other medical factors […]

Florida is looking for a ban on the police use of Tasers: Two senators called for a statewide ban Friday on police use of Tasers – at least until medical studies can verify their effect on people – but law-enforcement officials said the electric shock is much better than using a nightstick or handgun in […]

Someone should get fired, arrested and prosecuted: The police document said Wheeler was handcuffed to a hospital bed and then secured with leather straps after he refused to urinate in a cup. When medical staff tried to insert a catheter to get the sample, Wheeler refused. At one point, police officer Peter Linnenkamp noted that […]

Actually, the experts are worried that some choose to defend themselves with a less than ideal weapon: After the “crazy person” came to her house banging on her door and asking if he could come in, local resident Marty Taylor decided it was time for her to get a gun. But even after she found […]

Increasingly, it’s not a taser problem but a cop problem. The NYT: TOLEDO, Ohio – Police have suspended their use of stun guns following the death of a suspect who had been shocked nine times. Lucas County Sheriff James Telb said Wednesday the department will not use Tasers again until more safety studies are conducted. […]

I’m not generally much for sports, personally, but this headline caught my eye. Ute fans angry at police for electrical shocking. Basically, the home team won the game and the crowd came out into the field to celebrate (hey, it’s a college bowl, so I’ve seen it happen before). In response, the Salt Lake PD […]

A forensic pathologist says that Tasers may not be as safe as the manufacturer and police would have you believe: “It is my opinion, as a forensic pathologist, that a stun gun (as a device that can deliver an electrical current to the human body) has the potential to contribute to death when there is […]

John G. Tarsikes, Jr.: Bernard Kerik, President Bush’s first choice to lead the Homeland Security Department, exercised stock options of $6.2 million he received from Taser International, which sold stun guns to the department – and seeks more business with it. It’s all about the money. Maybe the rush to get the newest technology on […]

Miami police use a taser on a man in a wheelchair.

I have contended before that issuing police Tasers and other probably-not-lethal devices would result in using these devices when they weren’t absolutely necessary. In Nashville, that seems to be what is happening: A Tennessean review of police reports for the first seven people shocked with Tasers since 45 stun guns were distributed to officers on […]

By now, you’ve probably seen it. The video is all over the news. The story is: Officers in hurricane-ravaged Fort Myers used a Taser gun on a man allegedly trying to get by a police barrier to get home, and it was caught on tape. A crowd formed around the scene and voices can be […]

FOID (Firearm Owners Identification Card) Ruled Unconstitutional In Illinois Judge throws out Deerfield’s assault weapons ban Judge cites Second Amendment in striking down NY Taser ban Utah gun enthusiast granted temporary stay of bump stock ban

Despite having a ton of accessories laying around the house for the Beretta 1301, I haven’t added any to the gun. I wanted to run it stock first. And believe me, the temptation to put all that stuff on was great. I even sat down to do it once and talked myself out of it. […]

And there’s herpa derp. That may be the dumbest gun thing I’ve seen in a while.

So, I snagged a JM Custom Kydex holster for the Sig P229, which was my very first carry gun. And today I carried it for the first time. The old Sig doesn’t have any gizmos or doodads on it. As Tam (I think) would say, there are no lights, lasers, tasers, phasers or wind speed […]

Hipsters play Russian roulette with guns that emit an electric shock. Cyborg dragonflies. Yeah, that’s right.

Stamboulieh Law: New Jersey, in a filing in a criminal case three days prior to answering in the NJ2AS/Mark Cheeseman case, already admitted its stun gun ban is unconstitutional.

Went out to do some shooty stuff today. A while back, I mentioned converting 15 round M&P mags to 17 round. I’ve no run each of magazines twice. In that time, there was one failure to feed. Obviously, not enough rounds through them to draw any conclusions. But I think they’ll make fine range only […]

In Massachusetts: The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts rules that a stun gun is a “dangerous and unusual” weapons, and thus not protected by the Second Amendment, so banning them is fine. Given that police are issued tasers, I’d say that qualifies as “in common use”

Man stops robbery with his taser. Gets arrested on felony weapons charge.

Pants shitting hysterics over one of their fairy tale, government moochers having guards armed with Tasers and guns.

Then tasers you. Tar and feathers. Or tree and rope. I don’t care.

Taser sword. Because fuck you, that’s why. Pretty Repeating and lever action shotguns Ponies.

A cop, Chris Webb, allegedly said this to a ten year old right before tasering him for not cleaning a patrol car. At career day at a school.

After shooting 9 people in a mass shooting that involved mostly NYPD guns, they’ve shot someone else.

On tasers: Police shoot man ‘brandishing sword’ four times after Tasers failed to stop him during stand-off In other news, the cops drive BMWs.

Insult to injury. Cops taser and beat man who broke no law. Judge awards damages for pain and suffering of $1.

Murder suspect hides a 38 revolver in his butt. And he was tased. It does make one (ok, me) wonder if, say, it was something with a lighter trigger pull up there, could the Taser trigger muscle contractions and then cause a discharge? Because that would suck. Even more than having a 38 revolver in […]

Caught wind of this story on the local affiliate of vast right wing conspiracy radio. In Colorado, an 8 year-old boy acted out. Became violent. And the police pepper-sprayed the kid to control him. Now, my first thought was OMG! THE COPS ACTUALLY PEPPER-SPRAYED A KID. But reading further, this story is chock full of […]

An interesting product from Taser. That thing is a bit frightening.