"You're Gonna Feel It:" U.S. Military Unveils New Crowd Control "Heat Ray" Weapon

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15. I would have agreed with you

on that, until I saw the tactics being used on the OWS protests across the country. That image of that asshole cop pepper-spraying seated protesters is still with me. I recall the tactics used during the late Sixties, and the cops of that era would have loved to have had a weapon of the type we're discussing here.

The Syrias of the world will have no want or need of this weapon, they're perfectly fine with bullets. But I wonder about emerging democracies having access to something like this. It may prove too tempting for an autocratic leader to simply corral people he doesn't like into a torture canyon and deliver a fate that might be more painful than death to eliminate peaceful protest.

This thing should be regarded in the same light as nuclear weapons, its proliferation should be tightly controlled.