Wanna See Something REALLY scary?

If it keeeps cops from beating on people, use it!

How far is the range on this thing? If it can damage hearing and has a range that extends to people where the disturbance is not happening that could cause problems. Other than that like Hellion said "If it keeeps cops from beating on people, use it!"

yeah, I agree about the people 'not involved but still in range'.

I mean, yes, if it prevents cops from beating/shooting people, then great! A step in the right direction. But if it will damage gheariong, permanently, maybe, like, we could let people excerice their right to assmeble and just kinda be cool with that?

Another way to look at it is, police officers dressed in Darth Vader combat gear flanking the state's newest technological terror which can render large groups of citizens impotent with the casual push of a button might be something to worry about.

I heart the part in the video where the guy yells, "Go back to Kentucky!"

Your tax Dollars hard at work..
great! a megga $$$ anti riot device that can be thwarted for some thing you can by in bulk at the hardware store for 10$ a box! (industrial strength foam ear corks)

do for give me but...

THANK GOD I'M CANADIAN

if we had that here in side of two weeks some smart has would have it blasting "Hells Bells"

;P

i wish I was Canadian, too. Sigh. Why can't I live on Prince Edwatd island, or somewhere pretty?

cybermercy,
Canada is where the bulk of the Project MKULTRA experiments took place. Also, the North American Union (U.S., Canada, Mexico) is only a couple years away, so pretty soon you WILL live in the United States. And if they had one of those devices in Canada, the smart asses would do there what the smart asses do here - jack shit. I like your idea about the ear protection though.

Yup, can't ya just see all the law suits coming in now? I hear the ground thundering with lawyers footsteps by the hundreds! Um yeah, good luck with this endeavor. Certainly on the upside though, another Kent State might be prevented with this thing.

that machine will probably prevent protesting in general.

A step up from that is the Silent Guardian.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/pain-ray-first-commercial-sale-l...

Essentially it fires a ray that superheats the extreme top layer of skin so that it is extremely painful; however, it leaves no permanent effects once the person leaves the ray's area of effect. Pain is it's only symptom; it doesn't actually "hurt" you.

I want one for the front yard. And to mount to shoot at cars behind me.

They said the same thing about tasers being nonleathal and perfectly safe.

Very true! I can't imagine this pain ray doing anyone with existing heart conditions any favors. And it sounds strange enough, that I have to wonder, is there any risk of inducing skin cancer on some level?

Nothing is risk free.

The two big problems I see is that if someone is incapacitated or restrained and cannot move out of the beam (which could cause health problems) and it being used indiscriminately on peaceful protestors or any gathering of people.