Monday, February 13, 2006

Study raises concerns over Tasers' safety / rizona Republic, 13 Feb 2006

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0213tasershock.html
Robert Anglen
"A study measuring electric shocks from a Taser stun gun found that it was 39 times more powerful than the manufacturer claimed, raising new questions about the weapon's safety. The study, published last month in the peer-reviewed Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, concluded that the shocks are powerful enough to cause fatal heart rhythms. It is one of the few scientific studies of Taser's electric jolt in which the company did not participate."