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In 2015, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that 47 people died in 2014 in USA as a result of the use of tasers. All but three were unarmed. Taser International, which sells tasers to 17,800 of the United States’ roughly 18,000 law enforcement agencies has claimed that their weapons do not kill.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/05/police-tasers-deaths-the-counted</ref> | In 2015, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that 47 people died in 2014 in USA as a result of the use of tasers. All but three were unarmed. Taser International, which sells tasers to 17,800 of the United States’ roughly 18,000 law enforcement agencies has claimed that their weapons do not kill.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/05/police-tasers-deaths-the-counted</ref> | ||
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In 2015, The Guardian reported that 47 people died in 2014 in USA as a result of the use of tasers. All but three were unarmed. Taser International, which sells tasers to 17,800 of the United States’ roughly 18,000 law enforcement agencies has claimed that their weapons do not kill.[1]
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