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  • FAA OKs Tasers on Commercial Flights

    11/08/2004 11:24:21 AM PST · by WoodstockCat · 10 replies · 444+ views
    Reuters ^ | 11/08/2004 | Rueters
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stun gun maker Taser International Inc. on Monday said it won U.S. government approval to use its products on some commercial airline flights to protect passengers from potential harm. The company's shares rose as much as 10.3 percent in early morning trading on the Nasdaq. They recently traded up $4.01, or 8.6 percent, at $50.50, after earlier rising to $51.30.
  • Claims Over Tasers' Safety Are Challenged

    11/26/2004 7:08:07 PM PST · by neverdem · 23 replies · 3,033+ views
    NY Times ^ | November 26, 2004 | ALEX BERENSON
    Taser International, whose electrical guns are used by thousands of police departments nationwide, says that a federal study endorses the safety of its guns, but the laboratory that conducted the research disagrees. Taser said last month that the government study, whose full results have not yet been released, found that its guns were safe. Since that statement, the company's stock has soared and its executives and directors have sold $68 million in shares, about 5 percent of Taser's stock and nearly half their holdings. But the Air Force laboratory that conducted the study now says that it actually found that...