Bullrich has bought the first 100 Taser electric guns for $ 5 million

At the end of the bidding process, Executive Power was inclined to accept the Axon company's offer, which will deliver 100 guns, 1,000 cartridges, and more. operation and 600 others for training.

The total amount of the operation amounted to 5,285,000 pesos, which means that each weapon cost 36,635, while the value of the cartridges in service was 1,005 and the formation of 966.

Field of application He revealed that the Buenos Aires government is planning to acquire 60 guns, which, at the current exchange rate, would cost just over US $ 2,400. The model that seeks to download 6,800 volts in contact with the person who wants to reduce.

The acquisition of this type of non-lethal weapons by Patricia Bullrich it is given almost three months of regulation of the use of this type of instruments by the government.

Last May, it was established that in August, the federal police, the gendarmerie, the prefecture and the airport security police (PSA) would begin to use these electronic weapons to carry out their tasks of prevention. crime in the terminals. , ports and railways.

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"Disqualifying" weapons such as Tasers raise fears of health risks, training of security personnel, lack of international regulation, local legal framework and controls over procurement and producing countries. Bullrich could acquire guns, batons, batons, wireless electric weapons and electric shields.

According to the legislation in force, this type of pistol will be used "immobilize, arrest or prevent the escape of anyone who presents an imminent danger of injury to others or injury; when self-defense or that of third parties is to be exercised; or to prevent the commission of a crime of public action ".

"In view of the necessary use of non-lethal electronic weapons, the Federal Police and the security forces must identify themselves aloud and warn of their immediate intervention, unless there is a risk of injure or result in others, which are manifestly inadequate or unnecessary, given the circumstances of the case, "he adds.

Taser guns are used in other countries

In approving the use of these non-lethal weapons, the government had pointed out that they were used in countries such as Germany, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Norway, Poland , the United Kingdom, Turkey, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.

Human rights entities have asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to ban the use of electric firearms in Argentina.

In all presentations, human rights organizations warned that the use of the Taser X26 "it undermines the right to health and the physical integrity of its victims and poses a risk to the lives of those who suffer the consequences", especially those who have suffered or suffer from heart disease or the like, whether in Buenos Aires or Argentina.