This article, I have little issue with; though we may come back to some of the hyperbole if there is time.
what I take issue with is Nine News's reporting of the incident. which sadly i cannot locate a transcript of. which insists the man getting Tasered (possibly tased) 28 times by 50,000 volts was the same as if he had been Tased once by 1,000,000 volts
firstly your math sucks channel Nine
28 x 50,000 = 1,400,000 volts anyway so you're actually lowballing your poor understanding however,
MOST importantly. Saying that 28 x 50,000 volt shocks is equivalent to 1 x 1,000,000 volt shocks is just WRONG
The difference between the 2 is the same as a man falling down 1 metre 28 times or 28 metres (the equivalent of ~10 storeys) just once, the first otion is definately going to hurt. The 2nd one will kill you.
oh look we have time
they aren't getting 1000... i assume you mean bullets here so i'm just gonna say bullets... they're getting 200 discharges which is probably related related to the battery design. however as tasers fire out 2 probes to make the electrical connections, 2 non reusable probes.they would need a replacement cartridge for each of those 200 charges, and if we believe the article it takes ~30 charges to kill someone they could only kill 7 people on a single battery anyway. Cops glocks hold 15 rounds so their lethality is already 1/2 that of the standard pistol at the MOST.``The standard police issue has just under 200 discharges available in it. That's extremely high. How comfortable would you be if police were issued with weapons with 1000 rounds in it, or with pepper spray cannisters like fire extinguishers?''
ALSO stop exaggerating
That's right bullets are much safer.Meanwhile, police Assistant Commissioner Ann Lewis and the police union are in dispute over why officers used guns, not Tasers, to stop another man at Rockhampton this week.
The Courier-Mail was told officers at the 24-hour siege were instructed to shoot rather than Taser the armed man, 32, because he suffered serious medical conditions and using a Taser could put his life in danger.
Right so bullets are magically less likely to hit police???Assistant Commissioner Lewis, from Queensland's central region, said: "Because of the immediate threat, a Taser was not the most appropriate course of action and they chose the firearm."
The man had breached a domestic violence order and ignored police instructions to drop his weapons, including a 40cm machete.
When the man refused to do so the officers used their guns.
But a police union spokesman hit back at Ms Lewis's comments, saying she was "completely incorrect".
"Our officers were advised by senior officers that they were not to use Tasers because of the medical condition," he said.
"I don't know where she has got her information from but it's clearly incorrect."
Ms Lewis also said there was a possibility an officer may have been hit if a Taser had been used on the Rockhampton man, which forced police to use guns on him.
if a taser is going to hit someone a bullet is going to hit someone.
SHEER LUNACY
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