Not a good defence

[Medwayman]

Daunte Wright shooting: How can you mistake a gun for a Taser?

Protests have been continuing over the death of Daunte Wright, who police say was shot in error.

www.bbc.com

The office in question uses that as a defence, sorry no way i believe

 

[Ystranc]

I agree with you Med, the two weapons are completely different and are also carried on different parts of the body. It may be that the officer was momentarily confused but the taser is usually made of brightly coloured plastic and only weighs 225grams compared to an automatic pistol weighing around 650-950grams

 

[38thfoot]

Not the first time it’s happened; a very experienced sheriff did the same thing a few years ago.

Id fully accept that mistakes can happen when under pressure; it’s when they happen most often!

you’d have to have a lot of comparative training on both the pistol of choice and the taser to instinctively know the difference by weight; the pistol shown in the comparison is a Glock, most likely a 17. If she’d recently transitioned from a metal framed handgun the weight difference is already a factor and the gap between glock and taser would be closer. Also despite the BBC article a glock doesn’t have a separate safety, it is taken up by the first pressure on the trigger which is barely noticeable on calm range conditions let alone the stress of actual operations.

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[Joecole]

Not the first time it’s happened; a very experienced sheriff did the same thing a few years ago.

Id fully accept that mistakes can happen when under pressure; it’s when they happen most often!

you’d have to have a lot of comparative training on both the pistol of choice and the taser to instinctively know the difference by weight; the pistol shown in the comparison is a Glock, most likely a 17. If she’d recently transitioned from a metal framed handgun the weight difference is already a factor and the gap between glock and taser would be closer. Also despite the BBC article a glock doesn’t have a separate safety, it is taken up by the first pressure on the trigger which is barely noticeable on calm range conditions let alone the stress of actual operations.

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Hmmmm every photo I've seen of police carrying a tazer it's been in a chest holster and not carried on the hip as is the case when most police carry a side arm so yes I guess she could have made a genuine mistake