Comments on: How to take care of those pesky demonstrators

By: baal

baal — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:57:46 +0000

I’m looking forward to accidental misuse that winds up peeling off peoples’ eyelids.

ok, not really. The entire panoply of ‘non-lethal’ tools has a clear history of abuse, misuse, accident and should be re-thought. Also, what’s the cost for all these extra toys?

By: lordshipmayhem

lordshipmayhem — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:04:55 +0000

Somehow I expected this to be narrated by GlAdos, and bear the label, Aperture Science. We do what we must because we can.

But then maybe this is from Black Mesa.

By: kyoseki

kyoseki — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:56:35 +0000

Except that the problem with “less than lethal” weaponry (it’s not non-lethal) is that people seem far more inclined to use it.

It would take some fair provocation and imminent threat of violence to use firearms on an unruly crowd, but pepper spray launchers and tasers? That just takes one cop having a bad day.

By: mrevan

mrevan — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:26:14 +0000

Yeah…. Because American police officers have a great history of using nonlethal weapons only in place of firearms and not much much more often in many more situations…

By: StevoR

StevoR — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:13:57 +0000

Well it beats firing live ammo into the crowd doesn’t it?

Non-lethal weaponry certainly has its advantages and uses.

By: kyoseki

kyoseki — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:59:38 +0000

Oh good, another pistol shaped weapon for cops to carry on their belts, we’ve never had mistakes with those before.

By: leftwingfox

leftwingfox — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:28:50 +0000

I’m half-expecting those guns to have a “dyson” label on them.

By: Randomfactor

Randomfactor — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:28:33 +0000

Had one of those Wham-o Air Blasters as a kid.

So now the FIRST resort of the cops in reaction to free speech is weaponry.

By: Zeke Hoskin

Zeke Hoskin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:22:42 +0000

Drat! I was hoping for a REAL vortex shooter, not some piss-ant poison-spray focuser. Who remembers the shaped-pit/dynamite wirbelwerfer that could de-wing a small airplane, except it was impossible to aim? W.W.Woods had a sledgehammer-powered vortex gun that would knock hats off, a century ago. My grandchildren have elastic-band-and-membrane things that can tickle your dace from ten feet. Negative progress!

By: Drivebyposter

Drivebyposter — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:11:39 +0000

Cool technology. Too bad it’ll probably only be in the hands of total douchebags