If your 10 year old is having a tantrum and kicks out at you, there are places in America where you would be arrested if you dared to even give the darling a swat on the behind. But you can call the cops and have your child tazered? Why not just issue tazers to parents and schools and let them use this new behaviour modification tool without inconveniencing the police.
Tazers were supposed to be an alternate to the use of potentially lethal force - a last resort before an officer pulled out a gun. They were never intended to eliminate the need for police officers to use physical force to restrain people who were merely unruly.
Can you imagine a judge ordering, as punishment, that a criminal be given a certain number of tazer shots? It would be struck down immediately as cruel and unusual punishment. Why then should the police be permitted to use this type of force unless there is a life-threatening situation that would ordinarily permit the use of a gun?
Just Kidding!