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Green Security Clearance Laser Pistol Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insert-remaining-eye-joke-here dept.

nazgul000 writes "You thought those green laser pointers sold by ThinkGeek and others were pretty cool, didn't you? Well, think again." It seems obligatory to point out that even laser pointers, and certainly anything more powerful than those, are capable of causing real damage.

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  1. Powerful laser indeed! by snellgrove2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think someone pointed that laser at his webserver!

  2. way different excuses for cops to get violent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I have about 1% or less for respect for cops anymore, same with military but we'll concentrate on cops. It's taken me years to get there, but frankly,after hundreds or thousands of cases of police abuse I have known about, read about, etc, and realising it's gotten worse over the years and not better, I am just not impressed with them any longer except to know they are armed, dangeous violence-prone and violence-loving mercenaries. They serve their masters more than anything else, and their masters are the uber rich status quo power structure.

    Cops shoot people who are holding a cellphone or their wallet with their ID in their hands "because it looked like a gun". Cops shoot people if the "scum bag perp" makes a "threatening move" like unbuckling their seatbelt when ordered out of the car by another cop standing on the other side of the car screaming at them. Cops shoot people dead in their homes after "dynamic entries" into the wrong addresses. Cops shoot people after "anonymous tips" get someone raided who just has a beef with someone else so they drop a dime to 911 from a payphone.

    And in those cases and a lot more, they get clean away with it. They are allowed to have "an internal investigation" of these matters. Nice deal for them! Everyone else in civvie land has to immediately go through the normal court system if anyone gets shot, but if a cop shoots someone, it's "internal affairs" more often than not, and the 100% immediate rejection/knee jerk reaction from the local top cop and the local police "brotherhood" org is "we have complete confidence in our OFF-icer, and he/she was totally in their rights to...and acted in the highest professional manner and..." and so on.



    Crap



    Sorry, lost about all respect for the "above the law" criminal politicians and their tame order following mercenaries in blue, green and black "uniforms", whether someone points a laser pointer at them or not.

    And yes, personally, I would rather there were no cops than the ones we have now. Think about it, when you go driving,say you are actually following all the laws etc, but still, think about it, in the back of your mind are you really looking out for some random civvie to pull you over and shoot you or something, or are you more watching out for cops? I am way more concerned over governmental abuse in general and order following cops than I am of joe random street criminal. Here are two points I bet most people would agree with. The government is the biggest thief of your money, by far,and the government is the biggest violent bully. And where the rubber meets the road you have their various armed violent mercenaries who maintain that status quo and demand "respect" and "support" for it.

    I'll pass.

    Makes you think who the real "bad guys" are sometimes.

    Posting AC because I just don't feel like googling up a lot of links to show that these sorts of cases happen a lot, as an invevitable troll will demand "proof" of these accusations.

    What this has to do with the laser is tangential, other than just (anyone, just being random with this post after all, not directed at anyone really) try and shoot some kid who points a laser at you and "you" being NOT be a cop and see if you "get away with it" because "you felt threatened".