[Grieryaliny]

i'm never going to ny again if this passes. ta, watch out!

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/04/...s-with-tasers/

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A New York state lawmaker is looking to put Tasers in the hands of transit workers.

When Sen. Eric Adams proposed letting commuter train and Amtrak crews carry Tasers the measure died in committee in Albany last year.

Now, the push is on to extend the legislation to bus drivers and subway conductors.

Adams, a retired NYPD captain, is renewing the push following a rise in assaults on transit workers. There were 94 attacks on transit crews last year, up from 72 the year before, according to the Daily News.

The idea played to mixed reviews from several commuters in midtown Manhattan.

Adele Williams, of Brooklyn, said she would feel safer if subway conductors were carrying Tasers.

“[If] there’s somebody disrupting the train they should have some kind of protection,” Williams said. “You got people riding trains that are crazy.”


“I would say it’s a good idea, make it a little safer for people,” one man said.

“[It’s] putting too much power in a regular person’s hands who aren’t trained properly,” one commuter said.

“It’s insane, you’re putting the power of authority in a civilian’s hands,” another said.

Commuter Elvis Morrison fears if conductors carry Tasers then the bad guys will arm themselves to the teeth.

“Now they feel threatened so they’re going to take means into their own hands,” Morrison said, adding that the best way to protect transit workers would be to put them in bullet-proof booths.

[Moupponge]

i'm never going to ny again if this passes. ta, watch out!

“[If] there’s somebody disrupting the train they should have some kind of protection,” Williams said. “You got people riding trains that are crazy.” Do people ever think of protecting themselves?

“I would say it’s a good idea, make it a little safer for people,” one man said. Again?“

[“It’s insane, you’re putting the power of authority in a civilian’s hands,” another said. Holy crap! I don't know what to say here.

We are so screwed

[Kokomoxcvcv]

if i worked as a bus driver, a taxi driver, etc. - i'd want to be armed.

generally, it's out of control cops that are the problem.