FAA OKs Tasers on Commercial Flights

NEW YORK -- Stun gun maker Taser International Inc. on Monday said it won U.S. government approval to use its products on some commercial airline flights to protect passengers from potential harm. Taser, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration approved a "major international airline's application" to let specially trained personnel use Taser conducted energy weapons on flights to and from the United States. Posted by Editor at November 8, 2004 06:37 PM