Tasers dont always work

[RT527]

Don't be a moron.

Sure you can, with a scoped rifle, a nice comfy place to sit in a paddock, and nothing within a hundred kilometers capable of hurting you.

Try repeating the feat with a handgun while your target's shooting back at you.

In that situation a hit at 7 meters, not 70, is stellar performance.

This doesnt just apply to cops ...in crash situations or even fires , youve got adrenalin...stress....loads of things happening around you, it becomes very easy to forget the important things, Training helps big time in this BUT it does not alleviate it, just makes it easier to deal with.

[scumdog]

Apparently the Police have ready access to firearms as they need them now, so my question would be to those Police as to whether they, the ones who are facing these situations feel they want a change, or do they feel they have sufficient support now?

Bring on the tazers.
At least then there's a good chance if I use it I won't be through the crap that 'Constable A' had to.
(Unless the poor loser is one of those supposed 'hundreds' that get killed by Tazers - but then I guess he picked a bad day to be a tazer target)

[Steam]

What's all this about arming the police? Don't the cops already have pistols? The ones I see at the Wellington Railway Station mostly do.