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Project_Deimos User ID: 999284 United States 02/19/2012 03:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.theblaze.com] Quoting: Walking the Walk 11021065 Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a non-lethal weapon — once reserved only for the military — as a new tool for local law enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard. FDA Approves Laser Dazzler for Local Law Enforcement GLARE Enforcer laser dazzler. New Scientist reports that at the SHOT show in January, a conference for professionals involved with sport shooting, hunting and law enforcement, the 200-milliwatt GLARE Enforcer was unveiled by B.E. Meyers Electro-Optics as the first laser dazzler available for domestic use. Laser dazzlers work by temporarily blinding a subject using a green laser with no risk of killing the person, unlike the risk associated with tasers and guns outfitted with rubber bullets. But according to New Scientist, there is still risk involved that has some questioning if they should actually be used, even with FDA approval. I see a fortune being made by lawyers suing cops on behalf of those who are permanently blinded or have damaged retinas. Furthermore....how in the HELL does the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) have ANY jurisdiction over these types of weapons and related technology. Manufacturers have "exemptions" from the FDA to sell these types of laser systems, however ONLY to .mil, .gov, or leo. Good luck buying one as a civilian. You can buy the components to build one yourself, but you can not sell it. This laser outputs enough power to severely damage the retina, even when "modulated" (pulsed). Not to mention the effects of viewing the dazzler through magnified optics. As a civilian, this means laser protective glasses or filters on spotting scopes or binoculars should be considered...but you'll love this part - most laser filters ARE ALSO RESTRICTED ITEMS! Cute huh? ^ Exactly correct ^ I started gearing up to (you'll love this) start America's first civilian laser weapons company. I still have my prototype laser pistols. And then the fucking FDA says *bang*, you no makey laser guns, crazy right-wing mad scientist. Bastards. I am just *waiting* to see test data from the effects of this laser when used on individuals wearing prescription eyeglasses of varying grades. Even with a blink-reflex from this visible laser the power levels are enough to do damage. I'm sure we won't see it though. Also, it seems the ONLY way they are varying the output to "safe" levels is by using a LASER RANGEFINDER to gauge the distance! NO, nothing can go wrong there! <fuckingfacepalm> This is a recipe for disaster. This is a total-war battlefield weapon. Not shit some roid-rage cop gets to brandish on the side of the road. "There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know." |
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Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States 02/19/2012 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No...actually here is the simple solution to that.......... [link to www.grainger.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4528419 United States 02/19/2012 03:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am not that impressed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11083570 I actually built a laser "web" for home defense. I have a long hallway that can be totally saturated with high power lasers. There is not a single place you can go in the hallway (25+ feet long too) where you will not get blinded by the lasers. I have protective glasses (for me and gf) that we can place on and pass up and down the hallway after hitting a button to activate the laser web. Anyone entering the hallway not knowing what is there (and they will not) will be a sitting duck and which point if they are armed invaders they will meet certain doom at our hands. Defensive systems are just as important as offensive. I built this using the highest power lasers easily purchased online... and servos with mirrors. NO WAY TO PASS THIS HALL WITH YOUR EYES OPEN -- and that is a long way to try to pass with your eyes closed. that why you always cut the power before breaking in, common sense people! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 9352559 United States 02/19/2012 04:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am not that impressed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11083570 I actually built a laser "web" for home defense. I have a long hallway that can be totally saturated with high power lasers. There is not a single place you can go in the hallway (25+ feet long too) where you will not get blinded by the lasers. I have protective glasses (for me and gf) that we can place on and pass up and down the hallway after hitting a button to activate the laser web. Anyone entering the hallway not knowing what is there (and they will not) will be a sitting duck and which point if they are armed invaders they will meet certain doom at our hands. Defensive systems are just as important as offensive. I built this using the highest power lasers easily purchased online... and servos with mirrors. NO WAY TO PASS THIS HALL WITH YOUR EYES OPEN -- and that is a long way to try to pass with your eyes closed. Wow man are you paranoid What if they use the back door LOL? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1344560 United States 02/19/2012 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Case in point. "fumbled a dazzler he was trying to point at an oncoming vehicle a safe distance away. “He was in an awkward position and illuminated a rearview mirror in such a way that he got a beam directly back into the eye.” The beam had gone less than 6 metres when it hit the soldier in the centre of vision of his right eye, burning the retina and leaving his vision in that eye permanently damaged." GOOD! The little fuck deserved it! Play with fire, get burned. Play with lasers, go blind. Play with magnets, lose a finger. It's really fucking simple, actually! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11086453 United States 02/19/2012 05:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I like all my hard earned tax dollars going to this sort of thing! Sure beats giving it away to all the lazy people who don't want to work. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10850446 Your hard-earned tax dollars were already spent. So were all your kids and grandkids' tax dollars. What's paying for this stuff is Chinese loans. |
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ExpertOfSound User ID: 1779676 United States 02/19/2012 05:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nazi Germany was a very happy place! GREAT minds talk about IDEAS AVERAGE minds talk about EVENTS SMALL minds talk about PEOPLE Racism is a crime against humanity. “A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.” ~Frederick Seitz There are MORE water molecules in 1 glass of tap water than there are glasses of tap water in EVERY OCEAN ON EARTH. Thread: THE TRUTH about the "Ancient Astronaut Theory" and Ancient Aliens TV Show AGENDA! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 2085780 Puerto Rico 02/19/2012 05:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Great...come summer the 99% will become the 99% who are blind. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 932005 Can't wait to see Oakland PD and NYPD burning the eyes out of teenage kids wearing tie dye and peace signs. [link to www.amazon.com] they filter out the green rays ..... let only pass red rays ... dazzler screwd ! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10394736 Canada 02/19/2012 06:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am not that impressed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11083570 I actually built a laser "web" for home defense. I have a long hallway that can be totally saturated with high power lasers. There is not a single place you can go in the hallway (25+ feet long too) where you will not get blinded by the lasers. I have protective glasses (for me and gf) that we can place on and pass up and down the hallway after hitting a button to activate the laser web. Anyone entering the hallway not knowing what is there (and they will not) will be a sitting duck and which point if they are armed invaders they will meet certain doom at our hands. Defensive systems are just as important as offensive. I built this using the highest power lasers easily purchased online... and servos with mirrors. NO WAY TO PASS THIS HALL WITH YOUR EYES OPEN -- and that is a long way to try to pass with your eyes closed. Picture or |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11086453 United States 02/19/2012 07:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am not that impressed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11083570 I actually built a laser "web" for home defense. I have a long hallway that can be totally saturated with high power lasers. There is not a single place you can go in the hallway (25+ feet long too) where you will not get blinded by the lasers. I have protective glasses (for me and gf) that we can place on and pass up and down the hallway after hitting a button to activate the laser web. Anyone entering the hallway not knowing what is there (and they will not) will be a sitting duck and which point if they are armed invaders they will meet certain doom at our hands. Defensive systems are just as important as offensive. I built this using the highest power lasers easily purchased online... and servos with mirrors. NO WAY TO PASS THIS HALL WITH YOUR EYES OPEN -- and that is a long way to try to pass with your eyes closed. Picture or Here: |
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meanestmonkey User ID: 11119754 United States 02/19/2012 08:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Time to buy another green laser... [link to www.youtube.com] |
IRQ_1 User ID: 1157608 United States 02/19/2012 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the beginning of the TASER all over again, GREAT! ;) Jack of all trades master of none "shall not be infringed." BLUE RIBBON AWARNESS FOR MENS' HEALTH Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. --ISAAC ASIMOV I never 'Ad hominem' I don't need to. The Constitution means everything or nothing. You can't have both. |