[quote name='GuyWithGun']
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tr.v. e·lec·tro·cut·ed,
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e·lec·tro·cutes 1. To kill with electricity:
a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire.
2. To execute (a condemned prisoner) by means of electricity
So electrocution would not be the correct word.[/QUOTE]
And when you edit a post within a few mins it doesn't indicate it at the bottom.
[quote name='GuyWithGun']If the Tazer is used as directed (as it was in this situation) it is in no way lethal, as I stated before. There are no deaths where the tazer was a primary cause. If you say the lethality is how you use it, well no shit. The lethality of water is in how you use it. Same with a pencil. If you taze a person for 30 minutes, I'm sure it could be lethal. In this instance it was a brief drive stun, which as I said before, limits the tazer's pain to about a 1 1/2" in line.[/QUOTE]
Yes, yet some things are more easily lethal and shouldn't be used when unnecessary. Gun vs. pencil, for instance. Or gun vs. water.
EDIT: And saying that the taser isn't the
primary cause is a bit of a cop-out, don't you think? There apparently
have been some primary-cause deaths related to tasers, though not that many, but regardless saying it isn't the primary cause doesn't mean it can't kill you, it just won't kill you unless there's a secondary factor. Which could be some heart condition that a kid has that a cop shocks/electrifies with a taser and then they die, which would have been avoided if the cop just grabbed the kid instead...