Alex Berenson of The Times has been writing about controversies surrounding the growing use of Taser guns by law enforcement.

In this piece, for example, he notes:

Taser has performed only minimal research on the health effects of its weapons. Its primary safety studies on the M26, its most powerful gun, consist of tests on a single pig in 1996 and on five dogs in 1999. The company has resisted calls for more tests, saying that it is comfortable with the research it has conducted.

There was one test he didn't mention. The test he gave himself. According to a news release put out by Taser:

"We are incredulous that Mr. Berenson failed to mention in his latest article attacking TASER International safety that he felt the TASER system was safe enough that he voluntarily allowed himself to take a five-second exposure from the TASER," said Rick Smith, CEO of TASER International, Inc. "We believe it was disingenuous of Mr. Berenson to write an article disputing the safety of TASER devices and omit such a critical piece of information as his own personal experience as well as our written statement to him on this matter."

Maybe one of Taser's side effects is memory loss. Maybe Berenson couldn't read the notes he was taking in his notebook at the time. But, putting aside fairness for a moment: wouldn't this, in and of itself, be a great story? A first person account of a Taser exposure? In The Times, no less?