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US Marines reveal plans for plasma crowd control weapon ...to temporarily blind and even burn them
Daily Mail UK ^ | Mark Prigg

Posted on 10/13/2018 7:34:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: trebb

Actually I don’t remember. I was driving a six by with
a load of shit cans to be emptied into the “lake of shit”.
You would have to have seen it to believe it.


61 posted on 10/13/2018 8:40:28 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

I’ve had some good friends and was stationed with folks that went to Vietnam and heard some real doozy type stories...I guess some of the events helped relieve some tensions from time to time...


62 posted on 10/13/2018 8:46:19 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: neverevergiveup

>We are heading down a disturbing path. I understand the >usefulness of a device such as this to deal with violent >rioters etc., but the types of weapons that are being >created (not just by us, obviously) are diminishing our >ability to protect ourselves from aggressors, and to >preserve our liberty against would-be oppressors.

True. They should just call in the scoops


63 posted on 10/13/2018 8:46:54 AM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: BenLurkin

I’m saying: fire that baby up down on the southern border in multiple iterations.


64 posted on 10/13/2018 8:53:45 AM PDT by Migraine (<)
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To: BenLurkin

Sound Canon.


65 posted on 10/13/2018 8:59:54 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: elcid1970

Man, you could have fun with that at the game.


66 posted on 10/13/2018 9:01:52 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Big Red Badger
What's wrong with old tech? Works like a charm plus clean streets.


67 posted on 10/13/2018 9:06:29 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: trebb

Even after 50 years, I sometimes dream that I’m
asleep on a sandy cot in a bunker having a dream
about my future, because I woke up on a sandy cot
in a bunker after dreaming about the future.

I know, she said.
I know, he said.
Together they said, WE KNOW!
And I said, Don’t tell me,
I’m not here, I’m in Vietnam Baby!

A long time ago in a land far away.
The dragon ate the prince and princess...
and lived happily ever after.


68 posted on 10/13/2018 9:25:56 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: elcid1970
Whatever happened to the `crap cannon’ that rendered rioters incontinent using ELF waves?

That sounds like the best option to me.

No need to hurt someone by burning their flesh off. That's horrible.

69 posted on 10/13/2018 9:41:21 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: DarthVader
"Precedent" for determining qualified immunity for law enforcement in these kinds of cases can have a very specific and seemingly arbitrary definition. Show me a lawsuit based on unconscionable police behavior that succeeded and I'll show you two that failed.

Did it happen in this jurisdiction? Sorry, not "precedent" as far as this court is concerned.

Is this case almost exactly like something that happened before? No? Sorry, that precedent is not "on point", i.e., does not help your case.

For example, should a police officer know that you shouldn't drive 100 MPH for miles to chase a guy for a "minor traffic violation"? Even though the officer pled guilty to vehicular homicide, "it was not clearly established at the time of the crash that Officer Homanko’s conduct ... could give rise to constitutional liability." Too bad your bystander wife is dead from his "criminally reckless driving." Look on the bright side though -- you've established a precedent that would apply for somebody else's dead wife next time. Maybe.

There are good articles from Fifth Circuit Judge Don Willett, for one (I think he's on Trump's short list for the Supreme Court) discussing the abuse of "qualified immunity" here. From the first link there:

"To some observers, qualified immunity smacks of unqualified impunity, letting public officials duck consequences for bad behavior — no matter how palpably unreasonable — as long as they were the first to behave badly. Merely proving a constitutional deprivation doesn't cut it; plaintiffs must cite functionally identical precedent that places the legal question "beyond debate" to "every" reasonable officer. Put differently, it's immaterial that someone acts unconstitutionally if no prior case held such misconduct unlawful."

70 posted on 10/13/2018 9:54:48 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Manly Warrior
"If the USMC and Army has these, then maybe we need to rethink the 2A application- crew served too?"

They bring in a plasma weapon, we call in an air strike.

DIY cruise missle, anyone?

Cyclone Pulse Jet - 50 lbs thrust

Air strike inbound

Maddox Jets


71 posted on 10/13/2018 9:58:40 AM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t buy the Marines buying a weapon system that doesn’t lead directly to a higher body count.


72 posted on 10/13/2018 10:03:01 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Covenantor
Mix Frac Gel into the water tanks and blast the crowd.

They would not be able to stand up...Frac gel is very slick.

And bio degradable

73 posted on 10/13/2018 10:05:26 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: jiggyboy

Are you involved in non-lethal weapons or weapons development for the military? If not what you are saying though true has very little to do with the process, the doctrine and policy for using such things. It is a whole new area that is about to become hot because the use for these things in the US in unprecedented.


74 posted on 10/13/2018 10:20:04 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Covenantor

Sound,
Water or Stink
I like the “Scoops” on
SOYLENT GREEN!


75 posted on 10/13/2018 10:38:00 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: BenLurkin

What a continued disgrace...Pussification of the Corps continues unabated...


76 posted on 10/13/2018 10:41:27 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Deaf Smith

There you go!


77 posted on 10/13/2018 12:13:39 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: yarddog; Chode; All

Yeah, at what used to be a WallyWorld and People thought supplies would be available there do the herds of sheeples stampede on over only to find a Chainlink Fence posing as a Security fence when they arrive they go right in voluntarily and then find the gates are one way. Next they find that ANY METAL in possession AND the Chainlink fence metal get way hotter than skin does from The Crowd Control Microwave Machine.

This kinda shit needs to be kept FAR AWAY FROM The America haters demonratcommies like hitlary/zer0/holder and ILK LIKE THEM for obvious reasons.

their kind would have no qualms about using this type of Weapon already on the “LEAVE A PILE OF DUST OR SMOLDERING GOO” Setting.


78 posted on 10/13/2018 12:44:37 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: DarthVader

Crow somewhere else. I’m speaking of the legalities.


79 posted on 10/13/2018 3:09:27 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: jiggyboy

The legalities are very much tied to the development dupek. Your response proves that you obviously do not know what you are talking about concerning weapons policy and treaties.


80 posted on 10/13/2018 3:44:52 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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