Argumentative Essay On Tasers

There has been a lot of controversy regarding the use of police departments using tasers. Many people think that tasers are less lethal and safer for police to use on everyone but, throughout this essay there will be many reasons as to why tasers are unsafe and pose a threat to someone on the receiving end. Tasers have been involved with many deaths and other injuries. The main topic that will be discussed in this essay is how sometimes shooting is a taser and just stunning the person is not all that happens. There are much more to stun guns than just 5 seconds of paralysis. It is safe to say that tasers are not as lethal as guns, but they can still cause serious damage to individuals. This is because not everyone has the same body and not everyone will have the same reaction to 50,000 volts of electricity. In the text, “Taser Controversy Refuses to Die” by author Matthew Davis, “the ‘less - than - lethal’ weapons have been involved one 74 deaths in the United States and Canada” (5,1). Tasers are known as weapons that are
For example in the text, “Taser Controversy Refuses to Die” by author Matthew Davis, “...Chicago police halted deployment of Tasers in February after a teenager suffered cardiac arrest and a man died after being tunned”(7,1). Two individuals faced different results after being stunned, one had a heart attack and the other died. In “Taser Advises Police Not to Aim at Chest” it says, “Advocacy groups such as Amnesty International allege that taser guns are often used by the police as a compliance tool on unarmed unarmed individuals who pose no deadly threat, who are drunk or on drugs and simply quarrel with officers”(2,19). The fact the some police use these stun guns on unarmed individuals should be against the law or the officer should have to face some kind of charge. Those are some of the many reasons as to why tasers are