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The airbag for a BULLET: Ping pong ball-style cushion can be attached to any gun...
Daily Mail ^ | September 14, 2015 | Sarah Griffiths

Posted on 09/15/2015 1:31:40 PM PDT by beaversmom

Fatal shootings by police and other law enforcement agencies could soon be avoided thanks to a device that acts like an 'airbag' for a bullet.

'The Alternative' device looks like a metal ping pong ball and can be attached to the barrel of any gun.

The idea is that the ball breaks off when a bullet is fired and melds with the shot, effectively slowing it down to result in less injury.

It is hoped the 'airbag for a bullet' could reduce the number of civilians killed by police officers in potentially lethal situations.

The device, designed by Alternative Ballistics in San Diego, California, takes the form of a metal ball or 'bullet capture device' fitted over the barrel of a gun.

Once the gun is fired, the bullet embeds itself inside the device without a chance of it escaping.

The bullet's energy is simultaneously transferred to the alloy ball, propelling it towards the target.

'The Alternative' works like an 'airbag for a bullet', slowing it down to one fifth of its intended speed.

When the device with the bullet inside hits a targeted person, it still causes serious pain, but less injury to a body than a conventional bullet.

In this way, it is 'less lethal' than a regular bullet and is designed to incapacitate a target without piercing the skin.

If the gun is fired again, a regular bullet will be fired.

The company said the technology represents a critical 'missing link' between lethal force and less-lethal force.

'By utilising our bullet capture technology in appropriate situations, police are likely to prevent loss of life in a way that was – until now – not possible,' the firm said.

Alternative Ballistics CEO Christian Ellis told San Diego ABC 10 News: 'Just like an airbag, a certain amount of...

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To: beaversmom

So many things wrong with this device.


21 posted on 09/15/2015 1:45:20 PM PDT by Reaper19
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To: beaversmom

Why not shoot the weapon out of the bad guy’s hand? I see it in the movies all the time................


22 posted on 09/15/2015 1:45:29 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: 2harddrive
"Would this toy have stopped an enraged charging RHINO convict like Freddie Gray? No way, Jose!"

Nor will a 9mm, apparently.

Having said that, let the games begin...

23 posted on 09/15/2015 1:46:52 PM PDT by Redbob (Keep your hands off my great-great-grandfather's flag)
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To: beaversmom

The Bullitt airbag has been recalled.


24 posted on 09/15/2015 1:46:55 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: beaversmom

25 posted on 09/15/2015 1:47:56 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: beaversmom

alternative dumbassery


26 posted on 09/15/2015 1:48:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: treetopsandroofs
“Would this toy have stopped an enraged charging RHINO convict like Freddie Gray? No way, Jose!”

Who was Freddy Gray charging?

27 posted on 09/15/2015 1:51:37 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: beaversmom
...could reduce the number of civilians killed by police officers in potentially lethal situations.

Police already have a less lethal device... it's called a Taser.

By the way, good luck taking down a "gentle giant" with a bullet in a pillow. You know, the guys that are trying to take your gun to kill you! Sorry, I want maximum lethality.

28 posted on 09/15/2015 1:52:21 PM PDT by Obadiah (Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
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To: beaversmom

I have another non-lethal solution, that requires no alterations to the sidearm, ammo, or incur cost to the community: Don’t give Police Officers reason to shoot you.


29 posted on 09/15/2015 1:53:43 PM PDT by Made In The USA (Yes Ma'am, I said I'd like three sides of bacon with my eggs. and bacon.)
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To: Artemis Webb

The answer to a question no one asked.


30 posted on 09/15/2015 1:53:50 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: catnipman

Excuse me, when I said Freddie Gray, I meant Michael Brown. So many of these trouble-makers lately that it is hard to keep them all straight. Bad, bad, Michael Brown....baddest man in the whole damn town!


31 posted on 09/15/2015 1:54:47 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: Starstruck; 2harddrive

“Who was Freddy Gray charging?”

I’m thinking 2harddrive was referring to St. Mikey B.


32 posted on 09/15/2015 1:55:58 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Starstruck

Was it reference to that big dude who roughed up a shopkeeper? I’ve lost track of all these Darwin award (Thug Life Edition) winners.


33 posted on 09/15/2015 1:56:32 PM PDT by Made In The USA (Yes Ma'am, I said I'd like three sides of bacon with my eggs. and bacon.)
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To: 2harddrive

“with a couple o’ pieces gone.”


34 posted on 09/15/2015 1:57:02 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: beaversmom

IIRC, border guard Brian Terry was using a shotgun loaded with beanbags when his opponents weren’t (they used “Fast and Furious” scandal firearms). Same stupid idea: if you’re trying for “less lethal” when opponents are using all-out lethal weapons, you die.


35 posted on 09/15/2015 1:57:28 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: Starstruck

Excuse me, when I said Freddie Gray, I meant Michael Brown. So many of these trouble-makers lately that it is hard to keep them all straight. Bad, bad, Michael Brown....baddest man in the whole damn town!


36 posted on 09/15/2015 1:58:05 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: Starstruck

Excuse me, when I said Freddie Gray, I meant Michael Brown. So many of these trouble-makers lately that it is hard to keep them all straight. Bad, bad, Michael Brown....baddest man in the whole damn town!


37 posted on 09/15/2015 1:59:27 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: beaversmom

Meanwhile DHS federal brownshirt armies will be authorized to carry armor piercing bullets in the future after they force the local police agencies and citizens to use them. Yeah I see where this is going real fast.


38 posted on 09/15/2015 2:01:31 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: beaversmom

Um, what? Dumber than dog crap is all that I can say. It would result in more officers lives being lost.


39 posted on 09/15/2015 2:04:55 PM PDT by vpintheak (Man up and bring it politicians!)
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To: Obadiah
> By the way, good luck taking down a "gentle giant" with a bullet in a pillow. You know, the guys that are trying to take your gun to kill you! Sorry, I want maximum lethality.

especially if he's a thug on PCP the size of Michael Brown. You fire something like that and he's just going to flip around and say, "can you rub the other side now"?

40 posted on 09/15/2015 2:07:08 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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