Surviving Edged Weapons: Londonistan
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Looks like it. He seemed to be the only one to understand the need for a slightly longer-distanced method of attack once the taser stopped working.
I just saw a video of 6 cops tasing 1 dude and it didnt stop the dude. Each cop shot 1 to 2 times with their tasers. Seem the guy didnt even slow down or feel it. The cops followed him for a few blocks while he smashed car windows. He even hit a cop with his metal pipe and made him bleed.
Tasers are incredibly unreliable. Even a t-shirt can easily defeat one if the target is moving, because the darts are tiny and can be deflected by just about anything, including a flapping piece of cloth. The only time a taser is reliable is when you shoot at exposed skin.
Half Life 2-style stun sticks would be the better way to go. Gives you extra reach, guaranteed to deliver a shock unless the target is wearing insulated clothing, and can be used as a blunt weapon when necessary. Defeats any weapon except a gun (which a taser isn't going to do shit against anyway) or something like a polearm, and I haven't seen too many criminals with halberds recently.
I don't understand why those aren't standard issue everywhere.