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Should a tazer be used as a form of discipline?
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| Yes | 21% | 8 votes | Total: 39 votes | |
| No | 79% | 31 votes |
Yes
by B.Chris
Created on: November 05, 2011 Last Updated: November 06, 2011
As I witness how people are acting nowadays, it’s hard to simply reason with stubborn citizens. I think there is nothing wrong with using tazers as a form of discipline. Let’s face it. If I were a police officer, I don't see myself trying to take down a crazy maniac on steroids with my bare hands. And I can't shoot the guy. That could possibly kill him, plus that will be a whole lot of paperwork. Not to mention the news will be going crazy over the incident. So instead of getting hurt or overdoing the discipline by doing severe damage and/or killing a person, why not keep the little bit of peace that they have left and use the tazer?
Sure it will hurt, but it will hurt just enough to get the point across. One can take down a perpetrator with ease. Things can go crazy fast. I'm talking about from a level yellow to a level red to a matter of seconds. I've seen many bar fights that started with simple confrontations that would've turned into possible gun fights and big riots. The usage of tazers is by far one of the quickest and easiest ways to end problems so that things can get back to normal.
Some may see it as violent and another form of police brutality. But in actuality, there are different weapons that could cause equal amount damage as a tazer. Can a night stick not hurt you? What about police dogs? Have you considered mace as a potential threat? Did you know that officers place bean bags into shot guns and shoot them at the chest of perpetrators? That weapon has the potential of breaking ribs or could cause severe lung damage. So any of these weapons are dangerous and could even be used abusively just like a tazer.
So all in all, tazers are the easiest weapon to deal with. When it comes to holding down a situation and keeping things from getting way out of hand, the tazer is a great solution to all of the problems that pertains to the form of discipline. It will also give one peace of mind knowing that the victim of the tazer is still alive. And it will make the victim think twice about doing what they did the first time.
No death, no rehab, and still dangerous. It’s a productive weapon.
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No
by Spencer Phelps
Created on: March 07, 2012
Over the past few years Tazers have been used against criminals as a form of discipline. A tazer which is an electronic restraining/complian ce device is used to stun the criminals completely with massive bolts of electricity. A very cruel way to arrest a criminal. This new form of discipline has become very common with law enforcement. This is without a doubt a form of misconduct, police brutality, and excessive force. So should tazers be used as a form of discipline? No this goes against everything we believe in. Our forefathers wrote a constitution, and in the eighth amendment it says “prohibition over any cruel or unusual punishments”.
How can stunning a criminal with massive amounts of electricity not be categorized as a cruel and unusual punishment? How has our great country looked at tazers and sought them as a useful way of discipline. When a person is tazed their body goes into shock, they cannot move as the electricity takes over their nervous system. Leaving the person that has been tazed in excruciating pain. Yet law enforcement, will make excuses by saying that it’s “not lethal”. We know it’s non-lethal but how far will we go. If we keep dropping our standards of discipline we will soon think that it is okay to kill the criminal right on the spot. The truth is the ones that are enforcing the law are breaking the law themselves. They violate amendment 8, and therefore they should be charged as well as the criminal.
The ones that should be protecting the law are breaking the law. And everyone seems to ignore it because they say that the criminal deserves it. They are individuals with God-given rights. They have the same civil liberties as everyone else. Yet they are constantly abused and violated. Due to the lowering of American standards, we are treating crimes with crimes, which will not get the work done; it will only abuse what we are trying to do. We are taught by Jesus Christ that “those who live by the sword will die by the sword”. America will fall if we continue to lower our standards and laws that have been set out for us by our fore-fathers. The ones who created this country were inspired by God, and knew what to do to keep our country strong and great. Using Tazer’s as a form of discipline should be abolished, and should never be used again. If we abolish this form of discipline our crime rates will fall, and America will rise.
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