Coming to a police department near you: The Bozo Bullet

[OakRidgeStars]

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[thekinetic]

*walks in sees clown walks out* Nope!

[SHMIV]

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Since they raised the topic of Michael Brown, wasn't he shot, the first time, while leaning inside of the officers car, engaged in trying to disarm that officer? I'm not sure that the second required to apply the clown nose would have existed at that point.

Also, what if the Bozo Bullet fails? What if, for some reason, Bozo shatters instead of absorbing the bullet, and the bullet continues on to kill the target. Or worse, kill a bystander? What if the Bozo Bullet misses the target?

How about this (and I think I may have said this before ): If you don't want the police to shoot and kill you, don't commit crimes. Behave like a civilized human being. This concept ain't rocket science.

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[SHMIV]

Come on Kinetic; seeing "Bozo" in the thread title didn't tip you off to the possibility of clowns? Lol.

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[MarcSpaz]

Obstructing the bullet path so close to the barrel seems bad to me. Before you know it, a round is going to explode one of those goof balls and kill everyone around but the bad guy... then the cops will be carrying airsoft guns instead.

So, on a more serious note, if it takes 7 guns shots stop a perp, and only because it kills him... who in there right mind is going to believe this single shot device is going to stop a violent threat?

The only Bozo's are the ones choosing to implement this dangerous toy into law enforcement.

[thekinetic]

Well I thought it was some sort of rubber bullet not a dang clown! Hmm wait why don't they the non lethal weapons they already carry, you like batons, tazers, and pepper spray. You know instead of creating some stupid thing that's likely to fail, they may as well call it the obama bullet!

[SHMIV]

Isn't "obama" the African word for "clown", anyway?

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[Palladin]

Heh

[Palladin]

SHMIV I always knew I hated clowns... now I know why. Thank you.

[AppleaDay]

Legal cya. Nothing more

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[SHMIV]

Lol, sure thing Palladin.

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[trailrunner]

As if this device isn't stupid enough - it turns out that this device isn't normally carried on the gun. The user is supposed to put it on the gun when there is an imminent threat. The last thing I want to be doing in a tense situation is fiddling with my gear and trying to put something on the front of my gun.

Don't know if anybody watched the video, which shows a simulation. Why did the guy yell "less lethal! less lethal!"?

[dorminWS]

The user is supposed to put it on the gun when there is an imminent threat.

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Why don't they just give them a muzzle-loader with a beanbag for ammo?

[SHMIV]

Lol; the muzzle loader idea might have less room for malfunction!

I mentioned this "Bozo Bullet" to GF, yesterday. Her response was "So, they create a product that blocks the barrel? I thought that was dangerous to obstruct the barrel. Some people are f***ing stupid."

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[WRW]

Just looking at the picture. It appears that the barrel is not obstructed and that there are vents for escaping gasses. The description of operation is that the ball captures the bullet (energy included) and is thus propelled toward a target. Anyone think that enough energy will be available to knock the target off balance?

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[MarcSpaz]

Don't know if anybody watched the video, which shows a simulation. Why did the guy yell "less lethal! less lethal!"?

I'm not a LEO... so I can't say for sure. However, I believe when less than lethal weapons are being fired, they call out "less lethal" or "less than lethal" or some other call out to let other officers know that the shot is indeed to reduces the threat without lethal force. In this manner, when the pistol or shotgun is fired with less than lethal rounds, other officers don't assume there is an immediate danger and start sending lethal rounds at the suspect.

From what I have seen and heard, that is an unfortunate mistake that happens once in awhile. Bean bag shotgun goes off... no callout was heard... live lethal rounds get fired as an instinctive reaction.