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In a file photo, Steve Tuttle, director of communications for Taser International Inc., holds the X26c stun gun.
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In a file photo, Steve Tuttle, director of communications for Taser International Inc., holds the X26c stun gun. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

In a file photo, Steve Tuttle, director of communications for Taser International Inc., holds the X26c stun gun.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Worried over the availability and ease of purchase, the Spokane City Council has the city attorney looking into exactly what the law says about taser use. When the attorney brings those finding to the council August 22, they'll decide what can be done, that could include stiffer penalties and even a limit on where tasers can be sold.

Just the sound of one is intimidating and while these electronic devices are made to protect some people are concerned the taser can easily be used to harm.

 "They are being sold all over town and not even in stores sometimes a lot of times they are on the streets being sold," Spokane City council member Bob Apple said. Read more.

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