by klonk on Sat Nov 10, 2018 10:57 pm
Recent trend in discussion over in the "Shooting of the Week" thread has got me thinking it is time someone invented a weapon of the less-lethal type that is better than what we now have.
We need new thinking, a new weapon. We need something that will stop 'em and can be carried with few restrictions so that the weapon is there when and where needed.
So I'm putting the question out there, asking you all for new ideas. You are in a bar or club, you have no gun, some lunatic mass murder storms in shooting people, so you draw your (fill in the blank) and put him down with it.
Rules: None, but note that the DOJ has already determined that less lethal weapons need not be guaranteed non-lethal. They just need to stack the deck in favor of the malefactor's survival.
Tasers, bean bags, sprays, pepper balls, rubber bullets, all are a lot less certain to stop a deadly threat than the handgun is. Not infrequently, the cops end up shooting someone after trying tasers or beanbags first. So we can count those as technology that is inadequate for the purpose here under discussion.
So, start brainstorming. Something like this could save many lives.
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