One of the salient features of the Taser stuns guns is that it is non lethal. At least, that is one of the claims touted by the manufacturer. At a Vancouver inquiry, the safety of the Taser weapons has been brought into question by two heart specialists:

“…Dr. Michael Janusz, a heart surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of British Columbia, told the inquiry that based on his study of available literature on Taser use, “almost all physicians would conclude that Tasers can induce ventricular fibrillation.”

The hearing was told ventricular fibrillation is an extremely rapid rhythm in the heart’s lower chambers, leading to ineffective contractions of the heart.”

link: Tasers can cause cardiac arrest: heart specialists

Now that this testimony is public and on record, subsequent lawsuits with Taser related fatalities cannot claim a lack of information on its lethality. Cardiac arrest is not a warning issued by the manufacturer.

Catherine Forsythe
Director of Operations
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