Zap! (January 2008) written by
thestation-sergeants-blog 1349720129
on the 08
th October 2012 at 19:15
- Posted in Police Blog
Recently Police Review informed us that,
concerning Tasers, Amnesty International has ‘voiced its fears about growing
use of the less-lethal weapon’ (given that ‘lethal’ is an absolute, how can you
have less-lethal? It’s like being less pregnant
or less dead). Well call me old
fashioned but I don’t actually give two hoots what Amnesty International thinks
about Taser. They are entirely missing
the point that, although Taser is not perfect, it is much less likely to kill
the recipient than a 9 mm bullet, which
is the usual alternative. I cannot
remember attending an incident when a member of the beard-and-sandals brigade
flung themselves between an armed aggressor and their intended victim and until
I see that happen I would cordially invite the do-gooders to go away and
campaign for wider cycle lanes or something equally non-lethal. Faced with a knife-wielding maniac I would
rather have the opportunity to temporarily disable their motor functions with
something more potent than a half-chewed lentil burger or whatever Amnesty
International would prefer we were armed with.
No doubt they mean well, or possibly they just like banging on about
matters that they dream up whilst attending their Political Science or Media
Studies courses. Be that as it may, the beardies and their bangle-wearing,
body-pierced hangers on should realise that this is the real world and
sometimes it bites you.
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