your a MORON. Deadly force is just that......Deadly Force. The Taser is "less than lethal" meening it is less likely to cause anyones death. You want to do alot of ranting and raving about how your cousin (sniff sniff sniff) "almost" was killed by a handgun. What you don't state is why he was shot by the police. What was he doing at that time? Was he holding up a store or assulting someone, or maybe he was just to stupid to do what the officer told him to do which was to put the gun down. Alot of