Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets

[JoshLowry]

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14372


A gun that fires variable speed bullets and which can be set to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise is being built by a US toy manufacturer. The weapon is based on technology used to propel toy rockets.

[acptulsa]

Must be hell adjusting for range between modes.

[lucius]

One of the comments nailed it:


These are sops to public opinion - part of the illusion of safety and 'humanitarianism'. For those of you less-than-literate types: Sop (noun) "a thing given or done as a concession of no great value to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met".