``Taser Outlook for the Airlines'': A Web Radio Series Featuring Interviews with CEOs, by IPOdesktop.com.Business Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2002 IPOdesktop.com presents "Taser outlook for the airlines," a web radio show with Tom Smith, President of TASER International TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR) is a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of less-lethal[1] electroshock guns in the United States. It is based at Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. It makes Tasers, the most common brand of electroshock gun. (Nasdaq:TASR TASR Tlacova Agentura Slovenskej Republiky (News Agency of the Slovak Republic) TASR Terminal Airport Surveillance Radar TASR Tactical Automated Situational Receiver TASR Telecommunication Assessment Survey Report ). TASR provides advanced less-lethal weapons Less-lethal weapons, non-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, or, more recently, compliance weapons are weapons intended to be unlikely to kill or to cause great bodily injury to a living target. for use in the law enforcement, private security, and personal defense markets. CEO Guest: Tom Smith, President of TASER International Show host: Francis Gaskins, Editor, http://IPOdesktop.com TO LISTEN CLICK: For RealAudio http://gaskinsco.com/tasr3.ram For Windows Media http://gaskinsco.com/tasr3.asx (If this is not a direct link simply copy and paste to your Internet browser to listen to the interview) TASER INTERNATIONAL - RADIO SHOW AGENDA INTRODUCTION Tasers: less-lethal weapons for -- Law enforcement -- Personal defense -- Private security Benefits: -- Reduces injuries -- Reduces liability -- Increases officer's safety RECENT LEGISLATION -- Would permit pilots to be trained and to carry guns on board, on a voluntary basis -- Senate passed an amendment September 5 to the Homeland Security Bill -- Similar to a July 24 House bill FLIGHT ATTENDANTS UNION -- Initially opposed arming pilots -- Dropped objections when lawmakers added provisions calling for weapons training, consideration of nonlethal alternatives, and wireless communications between the flight attendants in the cabin and the pilots in the cockpit. BUDGET -- Congress would need to come up with more money -- $900 million to start and $250 million annually thereafter -- No money now in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) budget to cover the expense SUPPORT FROM THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is subject to conditions AIRLINES OPPOSE ARCHIVED TASR AGENDAS & RADIO SHOWS Tasers Reduce Litigation Costs and Injury Rates http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020806/60382_1.html Law Enforcement Demand Drives Taser Sales http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020801/10227_1.html Forward Looking Statements http://gaskinsco.com/forwardlooking.htm About TASER International, Inc. http://www.taser.com/ TASER International, Inc. provides advanced less-lethal weapons for use in the law enforcement, private security, and personal defense markets. Its flagship ADVANCED TASER(R) product uses proprietary technology to incapacitate in·ca·pac·i·tate tr.v. in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing, in·ca·pac·i·tates 1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable. 2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify. dangerous, combative com·bat·ive adj. Eager or disposed to fight; belligerent. See Synonyms at argumentative. com·bat  ive·ly adv. , or high-risk high-risk adjective Referring to an ↑ risk of suffering from a particular condition Infectious disease Referring to an ↑ risk for exposure to blood-borne pathogens, which occurs with blood bank technicians, dental professionals, dialysis unit subjects
that may be impervious im·per·vi·ous adj. 1. Incapable of being penetrated: a material impervious to water. 2. Incapable of being affected: impervious to fear. to other less-lethal means. This technology reduces injury rates to suspects and officers, thereby lowering liability risk and improving officer safety. The ADVANCED TASER(R) is currently in testing or deployment at over 1,500 law enforcement and correctional agencies in the U.S. and Canada. |
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