What are Taser guns, the weapons that could be used to fight crime in Chile

A feeling of paralysis, pain and muscle contractions could be the effects felt by a person receiving a firearm discharge. taser . This technological weapon could be used by Chilean police forces to fight crime, according to the Governor of Santiago Claudio Orrego.

And the authority declared that The violent crime crisis in the metropolitan area must be addressed with more modern strategies. In more than 100 countries, including the United States, Canada, Spain and England, Tasers are used to subdue criminals in a “less lethal” manner.

But what are these weapons that the Government and the authorities of the country are considering implementing today?

Taser guns (called by their English name: Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle) These are electroshock weapons that cause electric discharges that temporarily incapacitate people.

Orrego had announced last week that these weapons had the green light for use by Chilean police forces, such as the Carabinieri and the Gendarmerie. However, the Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Carolina Tohá, assured that A protocol must first be developed to ensure its “proper use”.

And although they are used in many countries to fight crime, They can be deadly.

The Taser gun can be used in two ways: The first involves shooting electrified darts that hit the person’s body. and it can penetrate the skin. The second, being pressed directly against the body of someone to immobilize them. In both cases, electrical discharges occur that affect the nerves and muscles of the body, causing a lot of pain.

These weapons would be used in “high-risk” conditions, however, Tohá stressed that Sometimes the reaction of people who receive electric shocks can be worse than just being immobilized: “Sometimes they cause more serious injuries than expected.”

According to an article by cnn Doctors assure that When a Taser shock is received near the chest, the person’s heart rate can increase significantly and go for example from 72 beats per minute to 220.

“We find it interesting to analyze it. When there is a high-risk contact at close range, the other option is the firearm. So the Taser is not perfect, but the other option is lethal. That is why we have to look at it carefully,” the minister said.

As he said Business Insider Amy Nguyen, chief security officer at Axon, the company that makes Tasers, The electrical impulses from a Taser attack last only five seconds. After this, most people immediately return to normal muscle function.

As neurosurgeon Jonathan J. Rasouli explains to the same medium, Tasers “They cause severe and uncontrollable muscle contractions, which are very painful. “This is what gives the Taser its incapacitating power and can knock an individual unconscious quickly and reversibly.”

In a note from Reuters One person who was shot with a Taser described feeling like his brain was shaking “like you’re shaking a pot a hundred times faster than you can shake and multiplying it by a thousand.”

The two darts fired by the Taser gun can reach a maximum an approximate distance of 11 meters.