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tripper
topple people without harming them and catch them | |
This device has a soft rope that is thrust toward the rioter's
legs,
and ties itself around them, quickly filling up a mattress with
air, airbag
style, under their legs, and finally yanking the rioters off
their feet.
The rioter is then pulled towards the anti-riot police lines and
safely
released away from the violent demonstration or, if
determined from the cameras as a violent protester, is
arrested for throwing a
crowbar at the police.
In war, this could be useful for sides that are officially on the
defense and who wish to increase the number of enemy
prisoners rather than the dead body count.
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Is this *device* like a trebuchet, maybe a toaster, |
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or a lawnmower? Whilst it seems like it could be a |
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good idea, your first sentence makes me so |
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confused I don’t know where the soft rope comes |
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from and how it gets thrust towards rioter’s legs. |
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Usually rioters are running around and this seems |
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like you need them to stand in one place for quite |
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a while to unravel a mattress. |
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Maybe its for slow well-behaved rioters. You just shoot the quick running around ones? |
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I suspect "airbag style" is they key phrase here. The idea has merit.
How to ensnare people without harm to either the target nor the user. |
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If it is legal to fire rubber bullets into a crowd, then surely a few airbag
traps would also be allowed. |
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The idea of towing people away so they are dispersed sounds better
than zip ties, pepper spray and arrests. |
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unrealistic and dangerous [+] although not as dangerous as rubber bullets. |
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//In war, this could be useful for sides that are officially on
the defense and who wish to increase the number of enemy
prisoners rather than the dead body count.// |
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You do realise that most battle casualties are caused by high
explosive, often launched from distances as large as 70km, or
dropped from the air, right? Stalin once described artillery as
"The God Of War" |
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Up close and personal is not terrible realistic, any longer. |
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I do wonder why we bother with tanks nowadays.
Which is odd, considering my career. |
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[xand], I'm not sure myself. First | thought it would look like
an automatic floor cleaning irobot but then thought it would
probably better be thrown by a police-person. (if that's what
they are called today). |
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