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Hi,
One tip everyone who thinks
about non-lethal TASER type electrical stun guns, cattle prods, etc
as an alternative to guns or more conventional weapons-----they have
no immediate effect on persons high on inhalents or certain
controlled substances. In my reservation days I was involved in an
attempt to arrest and handcuff a resident who refused to leave a
public building and was very high on spray paint. He had also been
involved in several murders in Mexico. I was unarmed (bad idea) and
wearing my only nice suit. A security guard had a TASER type stun
gun and 38/357 revolver. He got one handcuff on and all hell broke
loose. Ten or fiftteen minutes later we had the subject pinned on
the floor, my guard had a broken shoulder and other injuries and my
suit was torn and bloodied up, fortunately with the subject's
fluids. We had completely discharged the stun device
into the subject's torso and face without noticeable
effect. At the worst point I ordered the guard to shoot the subject
but he didn"t and lost control of the gun.
Fortunately no other bystanders had the nerve to
intervene on behalf of the subject. Finally two deputies arrived and
the arrest was completed. The next day in the hospital the subject
had his muscles knotted up all over and was in considerable pain. At
the festivities he apparently felt nothing. Don't depend on
electricity to save the day!
In B'ham, Al the PD had a similar problem thrying to shock a naked
person on PCP at a bus station. The Taser/stun gun had no detectable
effect. The four officers tried to tacale the large
subject and they got shocked as he was still charged. The incident
ended even worse when the subject died from impacts from a net
device deployed on poles.
Years ago at Eagle Pass a city PD officer named Sifuentes literally
blew a guy's eyes out of his head discharging a tear gas billy club
into his face during a fight booking a subject into the County jail.
Admittedly it was a 12 guage tear gas shell. That's why tear gas
billies disappeared.
Nonlethal stuff sounds good but has effective
problems.
About the best idea is Remington plastic pellet riot shotgun
shells.
Stings at 25 yards; kills at 3. They allow a graduated
defense.
Well
back to F cars.
Happy
4th of July Independence Day Weekend!
Ciao!
Dale
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