Taser Laws

The taser is an underappreciated and often underutilized self-defense tool for civilians. When it comes to intermediate or less-than-lethal force, pepper spray rules the roost. Guns are the obvious choice when lethal force is required in defense, but tasers provide unique capability that no other tool can provide. The taser can provide the standoff capability […]

When it comes to civilian self-defense, tasers get kind of a bad rap. Though they are limited in their application compared to pepper spray, and nowhere near as decisive as a firearm, they still fill an important gap when it comes to intermediate force. There are many situations where a firearm or knife is just

When it comes to self-defense, the gun is usually seen as the ultimate tool, but guns aren’t appropriate everywhere, for all situations, or for every citizen. Much of the time, what’s actually needed is an effective weapon that can be deployed at a safe distance but doesn’t qualify as genuinely lethal force… The taser definitely