Customer in wheelchair fires taser at McDonald's employee in Detroit

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Steve Neavling - Detroit Metro Times


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A woman in a wheelchair fired a taser at a McDonald's employee in Detroit on Thursday after complaining about poor service.

After ordering her food at 5 p.m., the customer pulled out a taser gun and pointed it at the cashier, saying she was rude and the order was taking too long. The taser missed the employee, who was not injured and later insisted she was polite.

When Wayne State University police arrived minutes later, the customer was still outraged and began yelling at officers. Police eventually calmed her down without further incident.

"We confiscated the taser," Chief Anthony Holt told the Metro Times.

The customer could be charged with felonious assault, Holt said.

[Hal-9000]

I saw a site with tasers for sale (pink, leopard spot colors available :lol: ) and remembered thinking WTF for this very reason.

You gonna allow a weapon to the general public that can knock people the fuck out?? People make bad choices when they're mad...

[DemonGeminiX]

I've got a taser. I've had it for a long while. The agents in the law enforcement office that my Mom worked for gave it to me. They just had them laying around and they asked me if I wanted one. I said sure, I'll take one. They handed it to me and told me to be careful and not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary, or if I wanted to play a real cruel prank on one of my friends.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I've got a taser. I've had it for a long while. The agents in the law enforcement office that my Mom worked for gave it to me. They just had them laying around and they asked me if I wanted one. I said sure, I'll take one. They handed it to me and told me to be careful and not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary, or if I wanted to play a real cruel prank on one of my friends.

Is it the kind that shoots out the little 'stingers' or is it the kind where you have to touch them with it?

[DemonGeminiX]

Is it the kind that shoots out the little 'stingers' or is it the kind where you have to touch them with it?

You have to touch them with it. It's a Vipertech or something along those lines. I should probably charge it. It's been sitting in a drawer for the past 3 years.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You have to touch them with it. It's a Vipertech or something along those lines. I should probably charge it. It's been sitting in a drawer for the past 3 years.

I bought the wife one several years back, same style. She doesn't carry it much though any more.

[Hal-9000]

I've got a taser. I've had it for a long while. The agents in the law enforcement office that my Mom worked for gave it to me. They just had them laying around and they asked me if I wanted one. I said sure, I'll take one. They handed it to me and told me to be careful and not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary, or if I wanted to play a real cruel prank on one of my friends.

I should have clarified and said there are certain situations that warrant one, much like guns for personal protection.

It was the ad that threw me. Similar to ads for hair removal devices and make up mirrors...they made it seem so trivial :lol: Three bright colors to choose from and matching carrying case! :dance:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I should have clarified and said there are certain situations that warrant one, much like guns for personal protection.

It was the ad that threw me. Similar to ads for hair removal devices and make up mirrors...they made it seem so trivial :lol: Three bright colors to choose from and matching carrying case! :dance:

The one I got for the wife is pink :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Most of my relatives are farmers and we used to shock each other with cattle prods as a joke...until the incident.

One of my Uncles made his own cattle prod out of old parts. The thing was heavy and the jolt was enough to make you piss your pants.

Cousin Gary hasn't been the same since :rofl:

[DemonGeminiX]

Vipertek

https://www.amazon.com/VIPERTEK-VTS-880-30-Billion-Mini-Stun/dp/B01F4E2YI2/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_200_t_0/134-6086997-7759649?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=K6C1V3CVP030BJTKP9M4

This is the exact one I have.

[Hal-9000]

The one I got for the wife is pink :lol:

Hey man there's been a few time where I had to consider throwing a punch to de-escalate a situation and wished I had a close up taser to use. (not the ones with the wires)

I think there's moments in time where a gun is too much and relying on words or a physical confrontation may be too little.

It's just the idea of our current entitled society having the ability to render people unconscious or worse that I always find worrisome.

You took the last package of Yop Yogurt you god damned heathen! Prepare to die!!! :x *zzzzzappppp*

[DemonGeminiX]

Hey man there's been a few time where I had to consider throwing a punch to de-escalate a situation and wished I had a close up taser to use. (not the ones with the wires)

I think there's moments in time where a gun is too much and relying on words or a physical confrontation may be too little.

It's just the idea of our current entitled society having the ability to render people unconscious or worse that I always find worrisome.

You took the last package of Yop Yogurt you god damned heathen! Prepare to die!!! :x *zzzzzappppp*

A brick to the side of the head when they're not expecting it works well too. Just sayin'. 8-[

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Hey man there's been a few time where I had to consider throwing a punch to de-escalate a situation and wished I had a close up taser to use. (not the ones with the wires)

I think there's moments in time where a gun is too much and relying on words or a physical confrontation may be too little.

It's just the idea of our current entitled society having the ability to render people unconscious or worse that I always find worrisome.

You took the last package of Yop Yogurt you god damned heathen! Prepare to die!!! :x *zzzzzappppp*

:lol:

Are they legal in Canada?

[Hal-9000]

A brick to the side of the head when they're not expecting it works well too. Just sayin'. 8-[

I haven't read many stories from up here about taser incidents other that the police using one on a guy at an airport in BC who died a few years ago.

I'm all for the non fatal type of weapons by both authorities and private citizens, but I wonder if civilians have killed or injured people using them? Heart condition mishaps and similar.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

A brick to the side of the head when they're not expecting it works well too. Just sayin'. 8-[

In many cases, that may actually be worse than a bullet (depending on location of the GSW) :lol:

[Hal-9000]

:lol:

Are they legal in Canada?

Probably not because then you would see fans doing the wave at hockey games dropping like flies :lol:

[Hal-9000]

In many cases, that may actually be worse than a bullet (depending on location of the GSW) :lol:

Guns usually win the ease of fatality sweepstakes comparatively, but there are videos showing what one punch can do in certain extreme situations.

I clocked a guy outside of a house party with a pretty solid right hook and watched him go down and twitch a little on the ground. I was worried for about .5 of a second until I remembered he had just punched a chick and cut her face.

If you can use an object on anyone's head I think the chances are pretty good you can inflict permanent damage.

[DemonGeminiX]

I got into a fight when I was a teenager in NJ where the guy picked up and swung a bat at me and just grazed my chin with the end of the bat as I was pulling back out of the way. He over committed and lost his balance for a second, and I picked up a garden brick and slammed it into the side of his head as hard as I could and he just dropped. The fight was over after that. He didn't get up for like 5 minutes. It would have been considerably worse for me if he had actually connected with that bat. I can't even remember what the fight was over.

[Hal-9000]

I got into a fight when I was a teenager in NJ where the guy picked up and swung a bat at me and just grazed my chin with the end of the bat as I was pulling back out of the way. He over committed and lost his balance for a second, and I picked up a garden brick and slammed it into the side of his head as hard as I could and he just dropped. The fight was over after that. He didn't get up for like 5 minutes. It would have been considerably worse for me if he had actually connected with that bat. I can't even remember what the fight was over.

Without sounding like an internet ninja, I've been in my share of fights and have taken some bad hits too.

In a theater parking lot a guy took out a tire iron and started swinging it at my friends. It was the four way variety that looked like a cross. I was lucky enough to take it away from him by corralling his swinging arm against my body and applying enough pressure so either his arm would break or he dropped the tire iron. Then I punched him really hard from up close and felt his legs go. It must have looked cool but I was really worried :lol: :oops:

I also watched a bouncer punch a guy and he dropped, never moved or got up after. They ended up calling the paramedics before we left.

[Godfather]

:lol:

Are they legal in Canada?

Nah, not unless you have the highest class firearms license which civilians basically can't get. I'm guessing cattle prods are an exception. :lol:

[RBP]

Nah, not unless you have the highest class firearms license which civilians basically can't get. I'm guessing cattle prods are an exception. :lol:

The didn't have any trouble in Toronto today. pew pew!

[Godfather]

The didn't have any trouble in Toronto today. pew pew!

My cousin who's a cop tells me you could go get an illegal handgun off the streets in Vancouver for a couple hundred bucks, dead easy. But god forbid I get my wife a stun gun, or worse pepper spray, for her purse :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

My cousin who's a cop tells me you could go get an illegal handgun off the streets in Vancouver for a couple hundred bucks, dead easy. But god forbid I get my wife a stun gun, or worse pepper spray, for her purse :lol:

You can't have pepper spray in Canada either? :wha: I bought the wife that as well as the taser just because I wanted her to have something to be able to protect herself, just in case.

[Muddy]

What if you shot someone with a tazer and one probe stuck into each of their eyes..? I bet that would really fuck them up..

[Hal-9000]

You can't have pepper spray in Canada either? :wha: I bought the wife that as well as the taser just because I wanted her to have something to be able to protect herself, just in case.

We can have bear spray...by the gallon if we want :lol:

[Godfather]

We can have bear spray...by the gallon if we want :lol:

Ya that's the loop hole. I'm not sure what happens if you're caught with it in your bag in an urban area though.

My brother dated a girl from a small town way up north, and her dad was one of the most interesting dudes. Won a high civilian medal for shooting a bear attacking his neighbor, had some wild stories of being basically the local ranger/cop/firefighter, you name it. Anyways, he told me a story once of a friend of his discharging an entire giant canister of bear spray into a Grizzly bear's face and having it still come at him. Dude survived as the bear changed its mind and didn't skin him alive, but the bear spray didn't seem to phase a pissed of momma bear one bit. That's why even with Canada's strict gun laws, you can still apply to open carry a handgun if you live far enough in the boons. :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Ya that's the loop hole. I'm not sure what happens if you're caught with it in your bag in an urban area though.

My brother dated a girl from a small town way up north, and her dad was one of the most interesting dudes. Won a high civilian medal for shooting a bear attacking his neighbor, had some wild stories of being basically the local ranger/cop/firefighter, you name it. Anyways, he told me a story once of a friend of his discharging an entire giant canister of bear spray into a Grizzly bear's face and having it still come at him. Dude survived as the bear changed its mind and didn't skin him alive, but the bear spray didn't seem to phase a pissed of momma bear one bit. That's why even with Canada's strict gun laws, you can still apply to open carry a handgun if you live far enough in the boons. :lol:

My ex sister in law used to run arctic survey crews for Esso. She showed us a video of a far north camp. It showed guys walking around doing their normal camp business and one guy sitting at the corner of a large Quonset hut doing nothing with something on his lap.

I asked who the guy in the lawn chair was relaxing and doing nothing. She explained he's the camp's hired shooter. They sit there for 12 hours per day watching the perimeter with high powered rifles in case polar bears get too close. She said they make total bank, often getting paid thousands for never taking a shot. Apparently they have everything from bear spray to traps to state of the art rifles.

[Godfather]

My ex sister in law used to run arctic survey crews for Esso. She showed us a video of a far north camp. It showed guys walking around doing their normal camp business and one guy sitting at the corner of a large Quonset hut doing nothing with something on his lap.

I asked who the guy in the lawn chair was relaxing and doing nothing. She explained he's the camp's hired shooter. They sit there for 12 hours per day watching the perimeter with high powered rifles in case polar bears get too close. She said they make total bank, often getting paid thousands for never taking a shot. Apparently they have everything from bear spray to traps to state of the art rifles.

That's sweet, decent gig if you're ok with boredom :lol:

Kind of a tangent now but everything up north there pays bank it seems. I had another buddy who was an ambulance attendant way up north for oil rigs. They have to have one for every so many dudes working on the rigs, so he'd sit there in his heated ambulance with a partner watching movies all day making 4x what the underpaid paramedics make here. Last I spoke to him he was trying to get the ambulance supervisor job. They have some rule like for every 3 ambulances you need a super, who gets paid $100+/hr or something outrageous like that