The Will Rhodes Portmanteau

It seems the Taser debate is going to open up once again. Why - well those glorious guys at the RCMP have used one again - this time on an person who was in his hospital bed and was 82 years old - and has had heart surgery.

Kamloops RCMP said Thursday that officers had no other option but to deploy the conducted energy weapon when Lasser refused to drop his knife.

“Whether the person is 80 or 20, we are dealing with a person who had a deadly weapon in their hand,” Cpl. Scott Wilson told CBC News.

“We could not deploy our … pepper spray, because we could potentially contaminate the entire hospital.”