A Variable Velocity Rifle That Puts the 'Less' in 'Less-Lethal'

Ok. I don't like this. If we are fighting a bunch of terrorists that fire rockets at us we go and find a gun that can kill anything. Great. Thats brilliant. And why bother? Now you have the huge medical bills to heal the enemies army and keep them captive. Well, at least now me and my friends can go shoot each other for fun without killing each other... Oh wait! We can already do that! Get paintball guns!!! Lets just have a big paintball fight to determine if freedom stands or not! Lets go invade Iran, we us red, they use blue. We can use PaTanks (paint ball tanks) and PBB-2s and PBF-22s (Paint Ball stealth Bomber, and the Paint Ball stealth Raptor) to fight each other. We'll drop Atomic Balls. They will paint whole cities. We'll make the ultimate weapon. That fusion paint bomb; it has both primer and paint. It can take out whole countries.

@ConesAreKool was there a point to that?

Are we to defend the freedom of this country with toys (made in China)? I want to know that if I pull the trigger I will get the full force of the weapon; and I want the enemy to know that the bullet is lethal. Imagine if the enemy knew that there is a high chance that if he gets close enough to you then the bullet will be nonlethal. Our enemies come at us with full and deadly force, we should counter that force with the best & reliable weapons, not toys.

Any processing done to calculate the distance and the proper pressure takes time, even if it's 1/1000 of a second, such a time delay can mean between life and death of our soldiers.

Ohh, let me guess, before the weapon fires; Elmo's voice says “would you like to play?”

I could see this being more useful in riot situations, or perhaps hostage situations.

This seems to be intended for law enforcement.
It even says so in the article: "all-in-one weapon for law enforcement".

We have almost 7,000,000,000 people on this planet, I think we can stand to lose a couple

I guess the purple Barney Bazooka wasn't what they were lookin for ...
- wise up

@TNT444444
and you'll be the first =D

martindanny you beat me to it, I was going to ask TNT444444 if he/she was volunteering?

I can't see this replacing assault rifles with combat troops. When you're caught in a firefight against multiple enemies, you want to make sure that the guys you shoot don't get back up. *They* certainly won't be using less-lethal rounds!

For police, though, or for personnel assigned to guard duty near civilian centers, these guns could really help. The police (and particularly the officer who has to pull the trigger) already deal with enough complaints about "excessive force" - even when the perp is pointing a pistol or a shotgun at the arresting officer. At least with a less-lethal weapon, the LEO's will be harder targets for bad press.

On the other hand, the "less lethal" label should not be treated as permission to use these weapons unnecessarily. As the author points out, a less-lethal round fired in close quarters will still kill, even at lower muzzle velocities.

i would like one of those it looks cool.

Oh what a horror story! The need for guns and violence must cease from some one. Why cant the Western world lead the way in positive behaviors. Advertising these killing machines is not a good example for our young ones. If cannot negotiate with other countries the very least is not to publicize in the view of innocent children.

Charlie Bernardi
www.airsoftking.com

This gun looks cool. I wish I had one.
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I do beleave that this will be the perfect weapon to scare away the pegions from my window. Good thing it's not the only thing being used.
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I guess the purple Barney Bazooka wasn't what they were lookin for ....

Jeff
http://burnwiigames.org/

Wow this is crazy. I do want one of those by the way though. But who is going to inform the bad guys that they should only use less lethal weapons on everyone else? Everyone should just get airsoft guns and go at it lol.

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I could see this being more useful in riot situations, or perhaps hostage situations.
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