why aren’t tranquilizer guns used on humans during stand-offs

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Like, instead of tasers, live ammunition, etc, why isn’t there some sort of investment in making tranquilizer guns to incapacitate criminals?

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Tranquillisers are no where near as fast or safe as they appear in the movies. It takes a few minutes for then to kick in, and they drastically slow breathing and heart rate, and can kill people with respiratory or heart diseases, even at the ‘correct’ dosage.

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