Holy crap there are some scary people in this thread... I mean, seriously... what the hell is with even dragging politics into this? If someone wants to use a weapon, lethal or not, against someone else, they're going to.
The guy only walked 'towards' the gun because it was only switched on for a split second and shut right back off, enough to make him jump, and his immediate reaction was to 'walk it off'. I dunno about you, but my instinct when I want to walk for any reason, for instance shaking off sleeping foot, or small shock, is to walk around. And when I want to walk around, it does not usually involve walking backwards. As I understand it, the beam is non-directional, right? It's not like only his face and chest were zapped, from what I read and saw, the pain is all over at one time.
1) I don't know how it works, but if you're using a pacemaker or such, you probably shouldn't be in a crowd of rioters. 2) Somehow I really fail to see this being rolled out just to be used on a crowd of a couple dozen unruly reporters. 3) I can imagine many more useful situations for this item than non-violent protester crowd control. Like protecting exposed flanks while advancing through hostile urban area, I'm sure you can set one or two up to cover a street. Also, if it can get through walls, it would be a great way for sweep-and-clear missions through suspected insurgent holdouts. If you're wrong, no one gets permanently hurt, no accidental civilian deaths. If you're right, the hostiles will be severely disadvantaged if not flat out neutralized. They also mention base perimeter defense, sounds like a great idea to me. 4) It might make popcorn, throw some kernels in your tin foil hat with some oil and find out.
If you nay-sayers really want, we can stick to the rubber bullets or maybe spike the firehose water with acid for better effect. What the hell is wrong with you people? I hate Bush and the neo-cons as much as the next person, but I don't think he's going to take over the country. That's just paranoid delusional talk.
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Holy crap there are some scary people in this thread... I mean, seriously... what the hell is with even dragging politics into this? If someone wants to use a weapon, lethal or not, against someone else, they're going to.
The guy only walked 'towards' the gun because it was only switched on for a split second and shut right back off, enough to make him jump, and his immediate reaction was to 'walk it off'. I dunno about you, but my instinct when I want to walk for any reason, for instance shaking off sleeping foot, or small shock, is to walk around. And when I want to walk around, it does not usually involve walking backwards. As I understand it, the beam is non-directional, right? It's not like only his face and chest were zapped, from what I read and saw, the pain is all over at one time.
1) I don't know how it works, but if you're using a pacemaker or such, you probably shouldn't be in a crowd of rioters.
2) Somehow I really fail to see this being rolled out just to be used on a crowd of a couple dozen unruly reporters.
3) I can imagine many more useful situations for this item than non-violent protester crowd control. Like protecting exposed flanks while advancing through hostile urban area, I'm sure you can set one or two up to cover a street. Also, if it can get through walls, it would be a great way for sweep-and-clear missions through suspected insurgent holdouts. If you're wrong, no one gets permanently hurt, no accidental civilian deaths. If you're right, the hostiles will be severely disadvantaged if not flat out neutralized. They also mention base perimeter defense, sounds like a great idea to me.
4) It might make popcorn, throw some kernels in your tin foil hat with some oil and find out.
If you nay-sayers really want, we can stick to the rubber bullets or maybe spike the firehose water with acid for better effect. What the hell is wrong with you people? I hate Bush and the neo-cons as much as the next person, but I don't think he's going to take over the country. That's just paranoid delusional talk.