BRATTLEBORO — We cannot have another accidental death during a police apprehension.
Why not give law enforcement tranquilizer guns?
Officers have only split seconds to make a potentially lethal decision. With a tranquilizer gun, they can shoot first and ask questions later. Was that just a shiny object in the suspect's hands or a handgun?
No joke intended. Let's give the police tranquilizer guns and end these accidental killings.
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