Police considering semi-automatic Tasers


	Police considering semi-automatic Tasers

tabsey

10-14-2009 6:43 AM

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authoritarian, who, said, that?

tabsey says:

A lot of emphasis seems to be on "crowd control" recently. I wonder where they are building our detainment camps.

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10-14-2009 2:52 PM

Lexica

A big problem with "non-lethal" methods is that the authorities are much quicker to use them.

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