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Amnesty: Taser Guns Have Killed 103 In Past 5 Years

HeadlineApr 04, 2005

In business news, the stock value of stun gun manufacturer Taser has dropped to its lowest value in a year. On Friday the company’s stock plummeted 13 percent as Amnesty International announced in a new report that the so-called non-lethal weapon resulted in 103 deaths in the U.S. and Canada over the past five years. Meanwhile on Sunday, the nation’s largest organization of police chiefs recommended police agencies begin closely monitoring their use of Taser guns because of safety concerns.

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