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222. http://www.zarc.com/english/news/bluelinedef_tecbeankill.html 8/3/2000
223. Sehgal, A., Challoner, K.R. (1997). Journal of Emergency Medicine. Nov-Dec. 15(6). 789-91.
224. Steele, J., McBride, S., Kelly, J., Dearden, C., Rocke, L. (1999) Plastic bullet injuries in Northern Ireland: experiences during a week of civil disturbance.
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225. Home Office News Release, UK, 27th July 1999.
226. This report called on governments to )Establish a rigorous independent inquiry into the use of stun belts and all other types and variants of
electro-shock weapons, to assess their medical and other effects in terms of international human rights standards regulating the treatment of
prisoners and use of force; the inquiry should examine all cases of death or injury in custody resulting from the use of such instruments, and the
results of the inquiry should be published without delay(. Amnesty International (1997) Arming the Torturers - Electro-shock torture and the spread of Stun
Technology. ACT 40/01/97. March.
227. TPrina Technology, USA (1994) Stun Guns - An independent report. p17.
228. )The Air Taser functions by using electrical waves to disorient the human nervous system, its like radar jamming. So rather than using blunt force like a gun
were hoping to cause enough injury to bring him down, or a pain like a pepper spray where youre hoping to cause enough pain that they get distracted. Here
were actually causing a temporary paralysis, .. so its a very non-violent way in terms of stopping somebody we just want them to stop what theyre doing, we
dont want to hurt them in anyway....( Rick Smith Air Taser Inc. Equinox - Non-Lethal weapons. Channel Four. RDF Television. 22 nd September 1996.
229. In 1996 the President of Stun Tech Inc, Dennis Kaufman stated that )Stun Tech products, such as stun guns and belts have been tested on pigs and humans
since 1973. There has never been a single documented case of a hand-held stun gun causing death in the United States(. Inter Press Service 18 th June 1996.
230. Rick Smith from Air Taser stated in 1996 that )Weve got over twenty thousand field firings that have, that where the Taser has been used and theres not one
incidence where the Taser has played a marked role in the death of an individual.( Equinox - Non-Lethal weapons. Channel Four. RDF Television. 22 nd September
1996.
231. Air Taser also claim that a University of Southern California Medical Center showed that )the Taser leaves 0% long-term injuries(. However, Air Taser
recognise, in the warning notes that accompany their product, that the temporary paralysis could be fatal under specific circumstances. For example, if someone
was tasered in a swimming pool. Warning. Read this before using. Air Taser Inc, 1994.
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