Steps to Help Utilize Tazer Safety

The useage of a Tazer has shown that it can decrease injuries and fatalities in dangerous situations, including home and personal security confrontations. Still, any weapon carries a risk of injury. All users, most especially users without a background in weaponry, such as individual homeowners, should take steps to ensure safe use of a Tazer.

Established Tazer Training

As with any new item purchased, do not use your Tazer without first reading the instructions and warnings that accompany the product. Make sure that you, as a user, become familiar with the information that experts of the Tazer have stated as important.

Reading the instruction manual is a good place to start training in Tazer usage. Tazer users will also have the chance to complete training provided by the company. Periodic training can help users to remain current with Tazer safety procedures and to refresh standard safety procedures in their mind.

Obey Applicable Laws Regarding Tazer Usage

Tazer users need to be familiar with federal, state, and local laws that regard the use of Tazers. Compliance with these laws will keep users from engaging their Tazer in riskier situations or provoking police officers by improperly carrying a Tazer.

Avoid Unintentional Activation of Tazer

Store your Tazer in a secure location to ensure that children or other untrained or unauthorized people cannot engage the product. Untrained persons are more likely to misuse the weapon, either by inappropriately using the weapon as a toy or by targeting inappropriate targets such as the eyes or flammable objects.

Treat the Tazer as you would a gun, meaning that the Tazer should not be aimed at anything you do not intend to fire upon. Never assume that the Tazer is completely disabled; treat the Tazer as if it is always loaded. Consequently you should never rest your finger on the trigger as this may cause the device to unintentionally fire.

Bear in Mind Static Electricity and Flammable Materials

Static electricity can cause an unexpected discharge of the Tazer so care must be taken to avoid static electricity when in contact with the Tazer cartridge.

Additionally, the Tazer can also ignite material that is flammable such as ingredients that are found in self defense sprays, primarily pepper spray. Even some self-defense sprays labeled “non-flammable” could potentially ignite when used in conjunction with a Tazer.