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If it was really all about non-lethal defense, weapons would look a lot different, and many current weapons would simply be banned, with anyone owning or employ
by rendx 2y ago
If it was really all about non-lethal defense, weapons would look a lot different, and many current weapons would simply be banned, with anyone owning or employing such weapons getting forced -- by non-lethal force -- to give them up.
- nradov 2y agoYou've got to be kidding. The notion of "non-lethal defense" is a naive fantasy.
- barnabee 2y agoNon-lethal defence does not seem possible at our current technology level. Keeping it about defence only rather than offense is a political problem, with the decision about what sort of weapons you acquire being influenced by the politics, not driving it.
- Manuel_D 2y agoWarfare is an inherently competitive endeavor. Which is going to win: an army armed with stun batons and pepper spray pitted against an army with machine guns, tanks, and artillery?