Bears are cool. Cops are racist. The few times tasers have been used instead of shooting people is almost certainly outnumbered by the total deaths from taser use. Taser use far exceeds the cases when they would be used in place of a bullet. These gloves aren’t anywhere close to being an alternative to shooting. They are gloves with a range of zero. There will be a short honeymoon before it’s just torture with an extra charge of resisting.

I remember hearing about at least one study that said yes, (and it should always be remembered tasers are less lethal, not non-lethal) but I didn't look into it that deeply. Still, if it's less people being killed, that still feels like a better result. A living victim of police abuse can speak out. A dead one can be suppressed much more readily.

Could be even less lethal to not have gloves at all. Kids aren't bears, and it's pretty terrible to compare children to wild animals.