only a coward would use a remote control device to take out civilians. Oh wait... look who's developing it!

No side effects? He's building a flying saucer...

Clearly this guy doesn't have any of the dozens of common medical conditions that can prove deadly if hit by a taser. Pacemakers for example. I'm told asthma is another one (very common here) and frankly I'm not willing to find out from personal experiance if it is.

Just like when they were supplying Iraq/Iran/Syra with biologic and other banned military weapons, now they're going to ignore it by using this even after the UN declared tasers as a "torture device".

I'm shocked that this idiotic invention is coming to Europe now, too. If it wasn't enough that several - healthy! - people already died in North America!
In Germany luckily only special forces of the police have taser guns, so the chance is low that innocent people will die.
This is a very bad development and I'll protest heavily against introducing tasers in the regular German police if a politician proposes to do so.

Don't tase me, U.F.O!

Here in the USA police tend to use tasers without much provocation since they are told it is harmless. Someone talks too much or doesn't be quiet?? Taser them!!!

While it may be true that some people would be at risk of some problem by being tasered, I think we can all agree there is a distinct difference to being shot in the chest with a taser, and a 9milimeter pisto1. Not everyone would be gravely hurt with a taser, cannot say that about a baretta.

-D

It is bad enough they don't want to rock the boat in any worldwide conflict or even at home but a remote control flying tazer?
French Police - "Take me to your leader!"
Tourist - "What?"
French Police - ZAPPPPPP!
By-standers - "Alien's Have Landed!" Riot ensues
French Police - "I guess we need more tazers."

Look who actually developed the weapon - U!S!A! - that guy's developing a flying saucer, equipped with a stun gun (the latter developed in the US of A, as said in the article).
'Ignoring the UN': don't you mean, 'ignoring the USA drivel served at the UN', and ultimately proved right?
'Iraq/Iran/Syra': funny, it looks like what W. Bush served the Congress... Didn't he admit later on that it was a lie?
People die from taser shots? The chances of that happening are lesser than that of someone being permanently disabled or killed by a heavy handed CRS stick - as such, it is not per se a bad idea - as long as it is closely monitored.

Still, this doesn't detract that Sarkozy is a moron - causing consternation amongst the French, thus the riots. But of course, he admires G.W. Bush (he said that only AFTER being elected).

This guy has issues for sure.
The way I see it, the problem is not to know whether the taser is dangerous or not. It's a freaking weapon! The problem is to think that this is the solution to a problem whatever the problem is. The risk is the escalation. you look at me wierd, I insult you. You insult me I slap you. You slap me I kick you in the nuts. You kick me, I taze you. You taze me I shoot you...

Look who actually developed the weapon - U!S!A! -
..No, the USA did not develop the TASER, a company based in the USA did.

'Ignoring the UN': don't you mean, 'ignoring the USA drivel served at the UN', and ultimately proved right?
Actually, if you delve past the newsmedia crap, you can easily find that the UN browbeat the US into submission to backoff and recant. The UN doesn't want to make waves, so they pussyfoot around the bad guys and only stand up to the good guys because they know that the good guys actually care about their image and will eventually back down. The bad guys don't give a crap, so there's no reason for the UN to invest their time and money (p of which comes from the US) in what the UN sees as a lost cause. BTW: Don't forget the UN was the idea of the USA.

'Iraq/Iran/Syra': funny, it looks like what W. Bush served the Congress... Didn't he admit later on that it was a lie? ...I know he's the President, but to many people ignore that the US didn't do anything related to Iraq without the signed approval of the Congress and Senate. Our President isn't a king. Also, I have friends/family in this conflict and know for a fact that France did what I said. Heck, for a few weeks there were actual news videos about this and then when the UN started whining, all of a sudden the news media got quiet.

Oh and Bush didn't say "HE LIED", he said he "WAS LIED TO", and not about WMD's as a whole, about specific WMD's. So, just as always, the world news agencies and UN would rather take an individual point and "generalize" it just for the sake of trying to make the US into something it's not.

TASERS are a weapon. Weapons hurt. People doing bad things don't usually respond to kind words. Someone sticking their hand into their pocket (the latest taser incident) SHOULD be tased. My god people, 5 years ago, he would have been SHOT. I'd like to see what would have happed to that guy if he was in another country where their police carry firearms only.

People are getting stupid and expecting to get away with whatever they want. They need to be taught better as kids that if you are stupid, you're going to get hurt.

There used to be a saying "Ignorance isn't above the law". Sadly now, thanks to politicians and lawyers, that mentality is no longer politically correct.