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  • 021263

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  • Published 2006.
  • 3 pages.

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Study Raises Concerns Over Tasers' Safety

Publication year: 2006 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: This website allows access to an article describing the potential hazards of a Taser stun gun. The peer-reviewed Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers published a study showing that the Taser is 39 times more powerful than originally claimed by the manufacturer. The results seem to indicate that the Taser is a lethal weapon since it can cause seizures and ventricular fibrillation. Taser did not participate in the scientific study and questions its conclusions.
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