Sweeping stun guns to target crowds
Edited on Thu Jun-17-04 03:58 PM by azul
Found on Drudge: Think of the implications... Every weapon ends up eventually in criminal hands. Those hands could also be aimed at protesters who are not in their designated "free speech zones"
New Scientist:
Sweeping stun guns to target crowds
Weapons that can incapacitate crowds of people by sweeping a lightning-like beam of electricity across them are being readied for sale to military and police forces in the US and Europe.
At present, commercial stun guns target one person at a time, and work only at close quarters. The new breed of non-lethal weapons can be used on many people at once and operate over far greater distances.
But human rights groups are appalled by the fact that no independent safety tests have been carried out, and by their potential for indiscriminate use.
More at:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996014
Informant: Suzanne
Found on Drudge: Think of the implications... Every weapon ends up eventually in criminal hands. Those hands could also be aimed at protesters who are not in their designated "free speech zones"
New Scientist:
Sweeping stun guns to target crowds
Weapons that can incapacitate crowds of people by sweeping a lightning-like beam of electricity across them are being readied for sale to military and police forces in the US and Europe.
At present, commercial stun guns target one person at a time, and work only at close quarters. The new breed of non-lethal weapons can be used on many people at once and operate over far greater distances.
But human rights groups are appalled by the fact that no independent safety tests have been carried out, and by their potential for indiscriminate use.
More at:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996014
Informant: Suzanne
Omega - 17. Jun, 23:30
