re: #292 jamesfirecat

Yes, you don’t want either in the wrong hands…

That’s why we completely forbid civilians from being able to buy one of those items, and then sell the other to anyone who walks into the right building with a breifcase full of cash…

What A country!

You’ve been told wrong, you absolutely can buy a taser. Police models use power tips (.22 blanks) and have lower power settings whereas civilian models use air cartridges and have more power and a lockable trigger so you can drop the still firing taser and run. All things being equal, at close range the civilian model is more abusable, especially if the micro tags dispersed by the cartridge can’t be traced back to the firer. No background check required to purchase either.