I'd cut out a seat belt that randomly tried to strangle me. I don't think it would take long for anyone to figure out that s pair of gloves would defeat sensing for alcohol in sweat.
When I go drunk driving, I'm really hammered* -- it takes me a few minutes to get the car turned on, but I still don't swerve all over the bloody place. Who does that?
The whole idea fails because most people would buy the bloody car in the first place. Second, it would probably take a small amount of effort to fully remove the restraints instead of avoiding them.
* Most of a 66oz bottle of whiskey.
The thing about national security is it doesn't exist -- at least, not at the price most are willing to pay, if they are in their right mind. What stops the man down the street from losing it an just blowing people away with a gun acquired after a week of waiting -- the law, national security, morals, fear of death?
What would happen if say, 30 well armed men with moderate tactical skills just simply started killing in a densely populated urban area. An average city has -- what, 200-400 police officers. With say a 1/3 of that responding in, oh say -- 1h and the fastest being 10 minutes. How much damage could they do? Would the police have a clue where to begin? Sure, national security makes it "difficult" for such men to acquire weapons -- or so you might presume. How many of your neighbors have more than enough guns for three men?
How much would you trade to sleep without worry of such things as killing, war, and fear?
Would you trade the choice of what you will eat, where you can sleep, what you can speak, or even the very thoughts in your head?
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I'd cut out a seat belt that randomly tried to strangle me. I don't think it would take long for anyone to figure out that s pair of gloves would defeat sensing for alcohol in sweat. When I go drunk driving, I'm really hammered* -- it takes me a few minutes to get the car turned on, but I still don't swerve all over the bloody place. Who does that? The whole idea fails because most people would buy the bloody car in the first place. Second, it would probably take a small amount of effort to fully remove the restraints instead of avoiding them. * Most of a 66oz bottle of whiskey.
The thing about national security is it doesn't exist -- at least, not at the price most are willing to pay, if they are in their right mind. What stops the man down the street from losing it an just blowing people away with a gun acquired after a week of waiting -- the law, national security, morals, fear of death? What would happen if say, 30 well armed men with moderate tactical skills just simply started killing in a densely populated urban area. An average city has -- what, 200-400 police officers. With say a 1/3 of that responding in, oh say -- 1h and the fastest being 10 minutes. How much damage could they do? Would the police have a clue where to begin? Sure, national security makes it "difficult" for such men to acquire weapons -- or so you might presume. How many of your neighbors have more than enough guns for three men? How much would you trade to sleep without worry of such things as killing, war, and fear? Would you trade the choice of what you will eat, where you can sleep, what you can speak, or even the very thoughts in your head?