In the early 2000s, when police began buying the stun guns in significant numbers, Taser International marketed them as a “non-lethal” or “less lethal” alternative for controlling ...

A Taser gun uses compressed air to fire two darts that trail electric cable back to the handset. When the darts strike, a five-second 50,000-volt charge is released down the cable, leading to a ...

A police officer who fatally tased a 95-year-old woman suffering from dementia was found guilty of manslaughter in an ...