Police in Ferguson, Missouri, are testing a less than lethal gun attachment that would hurt suspects but not kill them. Imagine that you are faced with a decision where you have to present your pistol to a threat. Now imagine, a one-time use plastic device that you’d have to affix, to the end of the barrel of your pistol. From NBC News:

Critics of the technology say it puts officers’ lives in danger. That’s because the attachment can be used only once, and during an altercation, the officer would be spending valuable seconds deciding whether to use it and affixing it …read more

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