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An unidentified airman looks over the military's Active Denial System, a non-lethal ray gun that was demonstrated Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The system shoots a beam of energy that makes people feel they are about to catch fire. Officials say it's safe and humane. It could be used in Iraq to protect the U.S. military from insurgents and to save the lives of innocent Iraqis. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)

Airmen pretending to be rioters scatter after being zapped by a new military ray gun during a demonstration at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. The millimeter beam from the Active Denial System makes people feel as if they are about to catch fire. Officials say the weapon could be a non-lethal way to increase the security of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and with its 500 meter range it is far superior to current non-lethal weapons, such as rubber bullets. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)

"Officials say it's safe and humane."

I don't want safe and humane weapons. I don't want war. But if we get into a war, I don't want to be humane, and I don't want to be PC. Kill the bastards. That is what war is.

That is our problem. People here see war as a police action.

I've felt a demonstration of this thing at a convention last year. I put my finger on a minature emitter and yes, it does burn, but my finger was not cooked one bit.

I think it's pointless. All it does is put off the problem and doesn't solve it. Yeah you may make the guy retreat now, but he might come back later armed with a sniper rifle or an IED. Better to whack him now when he's out in the open and not leave your problems for the next guys to deal with