jad0110
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I'm a little puzzled by something and request your thoughts.
My wife is considering either a taser or OC spray for home protection. She has a near vitriolic hatred of guns, so that isn't an option :banghead:. Even if she didn't hate guns, she has an extreme fear of going to prison if she ever ended up killing an intruder (God forbid it ever comes to that), even though we live in a state with a strong Castle Doctrine law. To sum up her position, I think she'd rather be carried by 6 than judged by 12 .
Which means this probably rules out the Taser option for her. It is well known that 300 to 500 people have died in the last 10 years from stun guns and tasers.
So my question regards the use of lethal force, wherein 3 conditions must usually be present: ability, opportunity and motive (I know, this doesn't apply under my state's CD, I'm just curious). How is taser use treated? I know with OC spray, the legal threshold for using it is much lower, but what about a device that is often marketed as "non lethal" but has in fact resulted in many well documented fatalities? Which standards apply? If I were to rely on a taser, I'd personally assume that the same legal requirements would apply as using a firearm.
Thank you for any light that can be shed on this. At this point, I'll probably recommend that she stick to OC spray for home use, which she can also legally carry in her purse (the same isn't true of a stun gun or taser in my state) to simply things.
My wife is considering either a taser or OC spray for home protection. She has a near vitriolic hatred of guns, so that isn't an option :banghead:. Even if she didn't hate guns, she has an extreme fear of going to prison if she ever ended up killing an intruder (God forbid it ever comes to that), even though we live in a state with a strong Castle Doctrine law. To sum up her position, I think she'd rather be carried by 6 than judged by 12 .
Which means this probably rules out the Taser option for her. It is well known that 300 to 500 people have died in the last 10 years from stun guns and tasers.
So my question regards the use of lethal force, wherein 3 conditions must usually be present: ability, opportunity and motive (I know, this doesn't apply under my state's CD, I'm just curious). How is taser use treated? I know with OC spray, the legal threshold for using it is much lower, but what about a device that is often marketed as "non lethal" but has in fact resulted in many well documented fatalities? Which standards apply? If I were to rely on a taser, I'd personally assume that the same legal requirements would apply as using a firearm.
Thank you for any light that can be shed on this. At this point, I'll probably recommend that she stick to OC spray for home use, which she can also legally carry in her purse (the same isn't true of a stun gun or taser in my state) to simply things.