You're throwing away tons of money maintaining helicopters that you don't need most of the time because it's too hard to regulate the use of drones?
That's like forcing police officers to only use 18th century muskets so they don't shoot too much
I think you could actually sell me on that.
the weapon's "cost of use" is much smaller than a firearm so it gets used much more casually as a compliance tool rather than as a last ditch tool to keep officers safe.
Curiously though, not for the person being tased.
Do you really think they would have subdued the (already held down by 5 officers) kid asking John Kerry uncomfortable questions with a knife stick if they didn't have tasers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVa6jn4rpE
Pretty sure they would have just handcuffed him and walked him out of the auditorium, untazed and concussion free.