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.
Must be hell adjusting for range between modes.
Originally Posted by Swordsmyth
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".
"Masterful and arrogant wealth, created largely by Government protection of its profits, not content with its domination and influence within a single party, had sought to corrupt them both, and to that end had insinuated itself into the primaries, in order that no candidates might be nominated whose views were not in accord with theirs." (‘Colonel’ Edward Mandell House in 'Philip Dru: Administrator', circa 1912)
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