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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Because tranquilizer guns don’t work like in the movies. They’re not magical safe night-night juice. The dose of drug it takes to knock someone out without risking death depends on a variety of factors, especially if it’s something that needs to take effect rapidly. Never mind potential interactions with drugs they may or may not already have in their system.
They are *sometimes* used on large animals, but there are a variety of steps Fish & Wildlife have to go through to ensure the animal isn’t harmed (there’s usually a wildlife veterinarian involved), and even then… the process is risky – too risky to be used on humans.
Tasers are faster and more reliable. There are plenty of rules and protocols in place even for those, because they have their own set of risks, but they at least don’t require a doctor to calculate dosage first, and they’re safer than firearms.
Firearms are only *supposed* to be a last resort when de-escalation and other non-lethal options … aren’t an option, but that’s a much more complicated and controversial conversation.
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