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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Likely the same problem they have with using Tasers.
Weight of the individual and natural tolerance can affect the effectiveness of the tranq dart. Which, like tasers could lead to the assailant aggravating the situation.
Tranquilizers, like tasers, don’t work like they show in hollywood. It takes time to take effect. The same goes for knocking someone out with chloroform.
The time it takes from a hit to the target becoming unconscious is likely longer than you think. The time is usually a couple of minutes.
There is also a fine line between enough drugs to make someone unconscious and too much that will kill you.
The time it takes from a hit to the target becoming unconscious is likely longer than you think. The time is usually a couple of minutes.
There is also a fine line between enough drugs to make someone unconscious and too much that will kill you.
In addition to comments re: time it takes for a tranq dart to work, you have the added issue of ensuring it actually injects the serum. There are countless cases of the taser points not making skin contact with a subject due to clothing issues. There is no reason to think that this would not also impact tranquilizer use.
Cops do have access to non-lethal munitions. Bean bag rounds, rubber bullets, etc. have all been used when it is appropriate to de-escalate a situation. Can they be used MORE? Probably . . . but when a subject has a weapon in hand, the use of non-lethals becomes problematic, as preservation of life is the paramount issue.
Metal Gear Solid / Movie tranq guns aren’t real. These chemicals need to be dosed accordingly to weight and aren’t instantaneous otherwise you’d just die. And even with proper dosing there are still risks involved.
Or at least that’s what they want us to believe. 🤔
Metal Gear Solid / Movie tranq guns aren’t real. These chemicals need to be dosed accordingly to weight and aren’t instantaneous otherwise you’d just die. And even with proper dosing there are still risks involved.
Or at least that’s what they want us to believe. 🤔
Drugging a human into unconsciousness without literally killing them is hard enough in a medical office with a trained professional with medical equipment and a willing participant. (I’m talking about general anaesthesia here.)
Trying to do that against someone who is unwilling, hostile, and hasn’t had a medical work-up isn’t just unfeasible, it’s unrealistic – and that’s before accounting for the fact that drugging a person into unconsciousness usually takes several minutes. That’s usually several minutes too long for most scenarios where “just shoot them, lethally” is an otherwise reasonable option.
Drugging a human into unconsciousness without literally killing them is hard enough in a medical office with a trained professional with medical equipment and a willing participant. (I’m talking about general anaesthesia here.)
Trying to do that against someone who is unwilling, hostile, and hasn’t had a medical work-up isn’t just unfeasible, it’s unrealistic – and that’s before accounting for the fact that drugging a person into unconsciousness usually takes several minutes. That’s usually several minutes too long for most scenarios where “just shoot them, lethally” is an otherwise reasonable option.
In addition to comments re: time it takes for a tranq dart to work, you have the added issue of ensuring it actually injects the serum. There are countless cases of the taser points not making skin contact with a subject due to clothing issues. There is no reason to think that this would not also impact tranquilizer use.
Cops do have access to non-lethal munitions. Bean bag rounds, rubber bullets, etc. have all been used when it is appropriate to de-escalate a situation. Can they be used MORE? Probably . . . but when a subject has a weapon in hand, the use of non-lethals becomes problematic, as preservation of life is the paramount issue.
In addition to comments re: time it takes for a tranq dart to work, you have the added issue of ensuring it actually injects the serum. There are countless cases of the taser points not making skin contact with a subject due to clothing issues. There is no reason to think that this would not also impact tranquilizer use.
Cops do have access to non-lethal munitions. Bean bag rounds, rubber bullets, etc. have all been used when it is appropriate to de-escalate a situation. Can they be used MORE? Probably . . . but when a subject has a weapon in hand, the use of non-lethals becomes problematic, as preservation of life is the paramount issue.
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