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Well, we may never be able to rely entirely on less-lethal tech. Some situations are just too risky to take the chance that someone will keep attacking after le
by dawnbreez 11y ago
Well, we may never be able to rely entirely on less-lethal tech. Some situations are just too risky to take the chance that someone will keep attacking after less-lethal weapons are used on them. Most notably, a person wielding a firearm who is, say, blinded with pepper spray may panic and start firing in random directions. A person on PCP, a drug known to delay pain reactions, may not even notice if they're hit with one of these bullets.
- bobwaycott 11y ago> "A person on PCP..." This sounds far too much like some fear-mongering from the 90s.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoIt's got a longer history than that. A century ago cocaine was stuff that made black men want to rape white women and not even bullets to the heart could stop them. This article has a link to news story from the time, titled "Negro Cocaine 'Fiends' Are a New Southern Menace: Murder and Insanity Increasing Among Lower Class Blacks Because They Have Taken to 'Sniffing.'" http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2384624 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2384624 Or in the twenties: "Under marijuana Mexicans [become] very violent, especially when they become angry and will attack an officer even if a gun is drawn on him. They seem to have no fear. I have also noted that under the influence of this weed they have enormous strength and it will take several men to handle one man while, under ordinary circumstances, one man could handle him with ease."
- dawnbreez 11y agoMy understanding of PCP is that it tends to make pain easier to ignore. I am neither an expert on nor a user of PCP; this is just what I've heard. If you've got a reliable source, I'd love to see it.