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Did a Court Just Deal a Fatal Blow to Tasers for Police?

Raj Jayadev, Aram James, New America Media. January 8, 2010.

The ruling may signal the end of Tasers for law enforcement agencies who are now more vulnerable to civil and criminal action then ever before.

A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed with 50,000-Volt Tasers

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 16, 2009.

Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.

Tasers Are the New Killers: Watch Their Popularity Surge!

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 2, 2009.

Watch out: 50,000-volt Tasers are deployed in London this week; meanwhile, a new model can 'instantly incapacitate' multiple people at a time.

Tasers Are Sold as 'Non-Lethal' -- But They've Killed 400 So Far

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 13, 2008.

Taser's marketing coup has convinced consumers that there is such a thing as a gun that won't kill. Taser deaths prove otherwise.