Do Less Lethal options fill the gap in the right to bear arms?
As a person who works close to the design field, I'm always interested in innovation, broad thinking and good design. I'm interested in the products linked at the end of this post.
The other day I wrote about people with mental illness. I believe that we have to be careful in limiting the right to bear arms to only limit those who pose a danger to others or who have caused harm (felonious assault, stalking, etc.), but I believe everyone has the right to defend themselves in some way against deadly attack. The questions for me are, "will innovation provide products that people can use skillfully and successfully to defend themselves against attack?" and "how do we regulate these products?" and "where does de-escalation fit into the mix in terms of use of less-lethal defense?"
I'll let y'all think about that. For now I'll provide the links:
Civilian version
Slightly cooler-looking police version
URL for more info
http://www.life-act.com/
No fancy photo for this link - just an article about a shotgun deployed Taser round that thumps like a beanbag round and stuns like a Taser
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002174.html
Taser has two cool new designs
"The Epilady" - it's stunning! And it leaves your legs silky and smooth.
Order yours today!
http://www.jmcostumers.com/html/epilady.html
"The Bulldog" - is that a roll of quarters in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
http://www2.taser.com/Pages/default.aspx
And for the thinkers out there - here's another blog to ponder
http://blog.jameshom.com/archives/000211.html