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Electromagnetic Pulse Gun To Help In Police Chases
adeelarshad82 writes "In an attempt to put an end to dangerous, high-speed police chases, scientists at Eureka Aerospace have developed an electromagnetic pulse gun called the High Power Electromagnetic System, or HPEMS. It develops a high-intensity directed pulse of electricity designed to disable a car's microprocessor system, shutting down all of its systems. Right now the prototype seen in a video fills an entire lab, but they have plans to shrink its size to hand-held proportions. Some form of this is already featured in OnStar-equipped vehicles though the electromagnetic signal used to disable the vehicle is beamed via satellite, and doesn't cripple the in-car computer, but rather puts it into a mode that allows police to easily catch and then stop the fleeing criminal."
Is the problem the Taser, or the fact that it's considered "safe" then? I'd certainly rather be tasered than shot. And I'm glad cops user tasers instead of shooting. And I'm not sure it's "at the drop of a hat."
And frankly, I get tired of the anti-cop sentiment. Sure, we hear all the bad stories and there have been abuses and they should be dealt with. To me, those stories are roughly equivalent to, oh, senators abusing their power/position. To reflect the actions of the ones that abuse it on all cops is, IMO, very childish.
I know actually quite a few cops, they are very good people. One in particular, I know, risks his life very frequently during night raids and the like. Another one I know was in a very extended undercover thing... complete with growing a beard, changing his name, and everything. I hate it when they, who are "cops" and who actually write *gasp* speeding tickets for people who *gasp* were breaking the speed limit, get a bad rap because of the ACTUALLY bad people that end up being cops and abuse their power. I think abusing that power is sick and it should be treated very justly... which it doesn't appear it generally is. On the other hand, cop-killings don't seem to be treated very justly, either. Or most violent crimes, IMO. "Temporary insanity" and all that.
It's "excessive" force not "deadly" force. Deadly force is fine, when not excessive.
Sorry for the irritable tone. I'm a nice guy, really. :) hehe.
Don't EMP me bro!
My SIG is a P226
All great points though it technically also excludes things like seatbelts if you take at face value; while I don't use seatbelts a lot, I do think they have a decent use when you're the passenger and fall asleep since it's obvious that you can't prepare for a collision that you can't see coming so you might as well have some protection from the random wreck.
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You speak like a fag....
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