Wide use of Firearms, were arguably the start of the technology weapons race. One where if you fall behind militarily, you can loose a war.
Pre wwi is a good example. If you did not field a machine gun you were not going to win a war.
The British had Naval dominance worldwide with their sailing vessels. But once motorized hit the scene, Britians grand warships were useless. Can you imagine if they had not motorized quickly.
Tanks, aircraft, ect has been a step by step progression, one that if you fell behind you were no longer a first world army.
My point is this, from ancient times, till lets say the 1800’s, one can argue that an ancient army could somewhat run with a later army. Since WWI, any next generation army wipes the floor with the previous generation army. That was not the case for hundreds of years of human history.
I say we stick with being on the inventive side. Especially with a whole new type of war, one where alot of manned weapons will be unmanned, is on our doorstep. We want to be the first with the next generation weapons systems.
Yes more and more advanced weapons are needed for military and police use. My question, however, was about personal defense hardware. What’s the latest available, laser guns for open- or concealed-carry? Thanks for your time.