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EP 321 – The End of Killing with Taser Founder Rick Smith

Power Athlete Radio

Power Athlete

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

The Future of Less Lethal Do you have a fever?…And the only cure is more PA Radio? After a one week hiatus we are BACK and finally bringing you Axon CEO and Taser developer, Rick Smith. His new book, End of Killing, will have you thinking about what purpose our military, LEO, and protective forces… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into Power Athlete Radio.

0:09.9

When Axon founder and CEO Rick Smith educates the crew about taser technology, he lays down the basic ground rules first.

0:17.4

Avoid eyeballs, genitals, and throat, which is probably good rule of thumb for a lot of things.

0:23.2

But in this episode, it's not all about the less lethal tool used by nearly every police department in the nation.

0:29.7

It's also about the future of Axon.

0:32.4

Its core principle is to stop human threats without killing the suspect.

0:36.9

Enter Rick's new book titled End of Killing.

0:39.8

Before you take a political and ethical stance on the issue, which being a police officer myself,

0:44.6

having tased people successfully and unsuccessfully, give this episode a listen. You may find

0:50.4

yourself surprised as I was at the motivation and practicality of this visionary guest.

0:55.8

You also won't be surprised that John Luke and Tex take this highbrow discussion as an opportunity

1:00.9

to debrief movies whose premises include futuristic crime fighting. Poor Rick humors the bros and

1:07.0

makes them a taser offer, they can't refuse. Here it is, episode 321.

1:13.0

It's every road I rode.

1:15.4

Here's my soul.

1:21.1

What is it?

1:22.3

What's I?

1:22.4

What's I?

1:23.3

It's that time again to ring forth the rhythm and the rhyme.

1:26.1

Yeah, that's the, uh, is that? Who is that? Uh, I'll have to think about that. Actually, who says that in the song? It's about that time to bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme. I could Google that, but I'm choosing to. I think it's vanilla ice. Is it? Now we got to... Google. Google that internet.

1:45.0

It's time to bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme.

1:48.9

And what that means for you, Power Athlete Nation,

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