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Pentagon Developed 'Laughing Bullets'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-must-not-have-a-hysteria-gap dept.

plasmadroid writes "It might sound like a joke, but documents unearthed by New Scientist show that the Pentagon actually funded research into 'non-lethal' bullets that would also hit a target with a dose of laughing gas. That way, they'd not only be stunned but incapacitated by fits of giggles. Another idea was to put stink bombs inside rubber bullets. I guess it would work, but the idea of crowds of rioters giggling uncontrollably while being pelted with rubber bullets is truly bizarre..."

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  1. Why do we need the gas? by east+coast · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know I laugh every time I pull the trigger.

    That's just the way we roll, in my hood.

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    1. Re:Why do we need the gas? by Alranor · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or alternatively

      Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja!...
      Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.

    2. Re:Why do we need the gas? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I prefer "A baby seal walks into a club..."

  2. ...Oblig by Karganeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't have manslaughter without laughter!

  3. The Joker by boristdog · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Joker is working for DARPA now?

  4. Re:freedom? by Fizzl · · Score: 5, Funny

    The freest and most democratic country on Earth

    LOL
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  5. Failed Stink Bomb Bullets by SirStanley · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Stink Bomb Bullets Project was scrapped because of the ineffectiveness against Hippies.

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  6. Re:Ok, then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, then how bout the country that god obviously loves the most.