Tasers

Recently, I have seen that manufacturers plan on making tasers available to the general public. Opponents of this argue that people who purchase tasers that don't have guns will be quick to tase people, which in cases has resulted in death. My reaction to this is that I would much rather have a person have a taser than a handgun because a trigger happy person with a handgun can do a lot more damage than a person with a taser. Also, even if a person feels overly-provoked for the wrong reason, death would be highly more probable with a gun. I would also like to see tasers more in the hands of responsible citizens for the fact that even if someone has taken a concealed weapons class and has a gun license and shoots someone, sometimes the grey area of the force a person is allowed to take by law is still a tad large. This would be eliminated if a taser was used. I agree that they should only be available to responsible people for the fact that a taser is still a weapon and in the wrong hands can do a lot of damage but not for the reasons that are given by critics that people will get trigger happy with tasers.