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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1462592" data-attributes="member: 14668">How do you expect an officer to use a Taser or pepper spray when he is on his back inside a patrol car with a 300 lb man on top of him and beating him down?How do you expect an officer to (a) empty the buckshot rounds out of the magazine his shotgun (b) reload the magazine with beanbag rounds, and then (c) hit a charging suspect with one in a matter of seconds? Do you even know what a shotgun is, or how it works, or how ineffective beanbag rounds actually are?I&#039;ve got a newsflash for you. If a 300 lb crazy man is charging at you and you shoot him with a 12 gauge beanbag round from your shotgun, he is going to take that shotgun away from you and either beat you to death with it or shove it 3 feet up your ass. You will be dead or maimed; he will have a welt on his body where the beanbag hit.Non-lethal devices such as Tasers, pepper spray and beanbag rounds have a specific and limited purpose. They are to be used only when an officer has armed backup in case they fail to work. Wilson was alone. He couldn&#039;t take the chance that the Taser darts wouldn&#039;t stick or that the spray would get into his own eyes or that he would be physically overpowered by a man who was 50 lbs heavier than him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1462592, member: 14668"] How do you expect an officer to use a Taser or pepper spray when he is on his back inside a patrol car with a 300 lb man on top of him and beating him down? How do you expect an officer to (a) empty the buckshot rounds out of the magazine his shotgun (b) reload the magazine with beanbag rounds, and then (c) hit a charging suspect with one in a matter of seconds? Do you even know what a shotgun is, or how it works, or how ineffective beanbag rounds actually are? I've got a newsflash for you. If a 300 lb crazy man is charging at you and you shoot him with a 12 gauge beanbag round from your shotgun, he is going to take that shotgun [I]away[/I] from you and either beat you to death with it or shove it 3 feet up your ass. You will be dead or maimed; he will have a welt on his body where the beanbag hit. Non-lethal devices such as Tasers, pepper spray and beanbag rounds have a [I]specific and limited purpose[/I]. They are to be used [I]only when an officer has armed backup[/I] in case they fail to work. Wilson was alone. He couldn't take the chance that the Taser darts wouldn't stick or that the spray would get into his own eyes or that he would be physically overpowered by a man who was 50 lbs heavier than him. [/QUOTE]

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