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To play devils advocate to most in this thread, what is Axon/Taser to do about people potentially holding them accountable for every taser related death? Tasers
by devmunchies 9y ago
To play devils advocate to most in this thread, what is Axon/Taser to do about people potentially holding them accountable for every taser related death? Tasers are a better alternative to guns. Axon can't possibly be liable for every death. The police have to have some accountability with their use of a weapon, just like with hand guns, right?
Obviously the more liberal the police are with tasers, then the more accidental deaths there will be. So if the police treated them like firearms, then Axon wouldn't need to get so involved to try and defend itself. Gun manufacturers are never liable for gun related deaths.
Is the problem how tasers are marketed as non-lethal? Do people want to see tasers outlawed and have the police go back to using guns?
EDIT: if this isn't a relevant contribution to the discussion, I don't know what is.
- LeoNatan25 9y agoHow about police in land of the “free” and home of the “brave” exercise restraint?
- devmunchies 9y agoIsn't that what I was saying? move the responsibility to the police and not the manufacturer. And I don't think your italicized quoting of the national anthem contributes anything to the discussion. It just shows how emotionally invested you are.
- LeoNatan25 9y ago> It just shows how emotionally invested you are. Aren't you? Shouldn't everyone be, in light for such stories?
- devmunchies 9y ago> stories the thing about stories is that there are always 2 sides.
- __s 9y agoNope, there's a set of people who take in information with a level head, regardless of whether they'll be called out as heartless for approaching any situation as potentially sensationalist, & seeking to maintain a rational discussion
- yorwba 9y agoYou can do that and still be emotionally invested. If you're emotionally invested in a specific outcome, you'll be biased towards it; but if you're emotionally invested in the problem, it just means you're motivated to find a solution.
- Retric 9y agoThey are clearly responsible for every death when they clam it's safe and it's killing people. There is zero difference in their actions and directly adding a LD50 does of cyanide as a seasoning at a school lunch. Sure, your not going to kill everyone there, but that's not safe. PS: Arguably it's worse as the average mass murder does not go around stating their victims would have died anyway.
- devmunchies 9y agoExactly my point. The police should treat tasers like firearms and Axon should change their marketing.
- yxhuvud 9y agoAs it is marketed as a supposedly nonlethal weapon, you pose a false dilemma. The alternative nonlethal weapon is the baton.
- lovemenot 9y agoIt's a false dichotomy. There are more than just the two choices presented here. Look at law enforcement in just about any other country for guidance.
- darklajid 9y ago"In the end, no one was charged in the death because of the way Florida, like some other states, categorizes Tasers – as a “less lethal” form of police force. Under state law, officers cannot be held liable for deaths from the weapons if they are used “in good faith” and within the scope of official duties." Well.. these laws suck and Taser's marketing probably allowed for this to happen in the first place? "less lethal" -> "zero consequences"?