I have enough trust in professional law enforcement officers to have no qualms whatsoever over their carrying tasers and quite frankly can't understand the uproar over sherrif Barnes decision.

On the other hand I will admit to have had some serious concerns when former Davidson County Sherrif Gerald Hege tried a few years ago to have his county commissioners budget money for the purchase of an Ohio Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine for patrolling High Rock Lake.

EVERYBODY knows High Rock is too shallow for an SSBN.

I wonder which parents of which children are the ones who are most opposed to these tasers? I'll bet it is safe to say it is not the ones who have no worries about it being their kid who they get used on.

I can't prove what Barnes' motives were in placing tasers in middle schools. I do know that tasers carry a warning on the weapon (yes, it is a weapon) itself that warns not to use on anyone less than 13 years of age. All of the research I've done on them states that they should not be used on children. Arguments like, "I would rather have a taser used on a child (just not my child) than a 45 is ridiculous. I am a big officer safety advocate, but an officer takes on a job knowing the risks. Like it or not, we are dealing with children here, some worse than others, but still children. I was an officer for a very long time and know personally how to deal with many different situations. A school with our children is not a place to carry a taser that is more likely to be used than common sense in a given situation is not acceptable. The fact that Greensboro PD, nor High Point PD carry these weapons should be reason enough to stop this nonsense.

Janherman,
Mr. Produce, Hugh, and Dan are looking into your real identity....they think you are either "Shecky Greene" or "Lewis Black"!