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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SgtMojo67" data-source="post: 1870769" data-attributes="member: 15160">I rarely carry a taser anymore to be honest with you. There are no special rules for anyone. It boils down to officer discretion. And to reply to the comment on police too eager to use deadly force. Police officers are trained by a use of force continuum. Every situation is different. We are allowed to stay one above the suspect. Someone has a knife, I go to gun. If they drop the knife and want to fight, I drop to baton, pepper spray, or taser (all 3 are on the same level). You get the picture. The lowest level of force on the graph is actually officer presence. <img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/gunfighter1_typepad_com__a_6a00e54f05d43088340120a70e5184970b_500wi_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A child is just as capable as an adult to stab someone or pull a trigger. A 12 year old knows that pulling a knife is wrong. It takes the average person 1.5 seconds to traverse 21 feet. That doesn't give that much reaction time. That is why I pulled my gun. To protect the other child and myself. I don't regret for a second my decision to draw my firearm.</blockquote>