Tasers on school campuses. Middle and high school, that is.

I find this rather frightening, myself. The rights of students are curtailed to a great degree in aid of safety, of course, but somehow this doesn't sound right. 50,000 is a lot of volts.

Middle and high schools across the country are inviting Taser-toting cops on school grounds. This comes at a time when Tasers have claimed the lives of hundreds of people, including three teenagers this year alone. While heightened security might be a necessity in an age where kids smuggle deadly weapons to school, this fact alone should give parents and school officials pause. Even as school administrators and local law enforcement accept and incorporate Tasers as disciplinary measures, deploying them on school grounds is putting students at risk. More...