‘Laser Dazzler’ Unveiled for Use by Law Enforcement — So How Does It Work?
- Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:17pm by
Liz Klimas
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Last month, a non-lethal weapon — once reserved only for the military — was unveiled as a new tool for local law enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard.
GLARE Enforcer laser dazzler. (Photo: B.E. Meyers)
New Scientist reports that at the SHOT show in January, a conference for professionals involved with sport shooting, hunting and law enforcement, the 200-milliwatt GLARE Enforcer was unveiled by B.E. Meyers Electro-Optics as the first laser dazzler available for domestic use.
Laser dazzlers work by temporarily blinding a subject using a green laser with no risk of killing the person, unlike the risk associated with tasers and guns outfitted with rubber bullets. But according to New Scientist, there is still risk involved that has some questioning if they should actually be used:
“We have had some injuries,” says a former researcher at the US army’sBrooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, who asked not to be named, “but for the most part they have been minor.” That is partly because, when faced with a bright light, people instinctively look away. Also, the pupil of the eye contracts in a tenth of a second, quickly reducing the amount of light reaching the retina.
Not all injuries are minor, however. The researcher recounted the story of a soldier he interviewed after an incident in Iraq a few years ago. While on duty, the soldier fumbled a dazzler he was trying to point at an oncoming vehicle a safe distance away. “He was in an awkward position and illuminated a rearview mirror in such a way that he got a beam directly back into the eye.” The beam had gone less than 6 metres when it hit the soldier in the centre of vision of his right eye, burning the retina and leaving his vision in that eye permanently damaged.
The Red Cross, New Scientist notes, is skeptical of use of the lasers and thinks more needs to be done to reduce the risk for permanent blindness.
At 40 meters, the laser can cause permanent damage. The GLARE Enforcer has safety measures, not found in military grade dazzlers, that can detect a person at what is deemed too close of a distance and reduces the power of the laser in this case.
(Image: B.E. Meyers)
This video explains how the technology is used on the military level and details how it affects the human eye:
B.E. Meyers has more on its technology:
Specs for the GLARE Enforcer. (Image: B.E. Meyers)
The GLARE Enforcer’s innovative Eye Safe® technology automatically adjusts the output power depending on the target distance, ensuring the delivery of maximum safe power at all times while maintaining the safety of all nearby personnel against accidental eye injury, even when the laser is operated in highly dynamic situations.
Additionally, the GLARE Enforcer’s high output power delivers the greatest stand-off distance of any non-lethal product. This enables the operator to warn and determine intent of targets at a distance beyond 2 km. Within 500m, it produces an overpowering visual effect that deters hostile action and dissuades further approach. The device produces a large target spot, making it easy to aim at moving objects and providing coverage of multiple individuals simultaneously.
Still New Scientists points out that the greatest threat to public health from dazzlers may not be from the local police department but the average citizen purchasing the equipment. Even more powerful devices than those used by the military can be found online for around $1,000.
Here you can see one of the military-issued GLARE dazzlers being used in Afghanistan to “prevent potential hazard vehicles from getting close to the convoy”:
All this to say, you could be seeing them soon. And in more than one way.
Update: The Blaze first reported that this laser dazzler was FDA approved. The FDA contacted us to say that it is not within FDA authority to non-medical laser products. Dan Hewitt a Health Promotion Officer with the FDA’s Electronic Products Branch wrote in an email to the Blaze: “The Class IIIb GLARE Enforcer is not currently compliant with federal laser regulations that limit it to Class IIIa. When and if BE Meyers applies for a variance from the class limits or demonstrates that it is compliant with class limits, then the manufacturer can enter into commerce with the product. FDA approves variances and exemptions, but does not approve the products because FDA does not have the authority to approve non-medical laser products.”
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Comments (127)
vtxphantom
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:22pmLooks like I may need to get some new sunglasses to block the laser. I believe there are some multispectrum laser glasses on the market
Report Post »MOVIN2TEXAS
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:19pmmy laser pen has helped me avoid using my 45acp ;-)
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:42pm@MOVIN2TEXAS…..what, did you stab an assailant in the neck with it?…:D
Report Post »M1A2_Tanker
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:16pmI wouldn’t want to be the guy holding the “glow in the dark target” when confronted with an armed attacker. All it does is show someone where to aim.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:53pmyeah someo one points an annoying light at me and I‘m armed guess where I’m shooting?
Report Post »Virgil_Lance
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:58pmCool tech.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:39amLasers and Tasers and Mace.
Oh my! :D
With all the recent new “compliance tools” being adopted by the government particularly in the area of crowd control, you‘d think they were getting ready for something most people aren’t aware of.
Yet.
This summer before the elections (that O-Man has to know he’ll lose…badly) may get…exciting. This recent OWS crap may be just them working out the details with a small-scale dry run.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 10:12pmWhat if we carry mirrors? There are sun glasses that have mirror lenses. Why would our own government want to use these weapons against our people.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 10:20pmUnder UN Treaty, these kinds of weapons cannot be used on the battle field, but Obama will order their use against his hated American people. LASER is the ideal weapon to use against the American people. How many American children will be blinded by these weapons? Give them to the police and they will be eager to use them on innocent people.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:39amIts mind-boggling that these could get into the hands of the military, police, or ordinary citizens. Thieves, burglars, someone walking down the street that wants to “play” with an auto driver, or someone who wants to rob you on the street, the possibilities are endless. I agree… to the the smart-ass who will say….”those things can happen already.” Why give anyone another tool to do harm?
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:10pmRemember, “they” said the taser ‘would not’ be sold to the public. The bottom line is this, while government still attacks it citizen’s about guns — it’s power continues to increase. The outlaws out there will have these devices way before the citizens do.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:28pmA weapon so fearful, so powerful, so awe inspiring that it can only be defeated by shielding your eyes with your hand, as you would against the sun, which as you may note, is a huge fusion bomb with the power to destroy earth millions of times over!
I always enjoy when the government shines lasers directly into my eye. A .5 MW laser can cause permanent sight damage or even blindness, and a .5 MW laser is like your laser pointer you use with your cat as a toy.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:36pm@ghostof…
I’m thinking look away, OR,
JUST CARRY A PAIR of 532nm LASER GOGGLES with an OD7 or higher rating.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:35pmi have laser goggles, and if i get shot in the face with a laser i’m pulling out my spyder III arctic.
Report Post »scott2012
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:33pmWhy the heck is the FDA the one that approves weapons? Is this the administration’s prefered method for dealing with occupiers, because those beanbags, rubber bullets and teargas might hurt?
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 10:16pmIf LASERS and TASERS are the new modern arms available than under the 2nd Amendment we have the right to bare those arms too. The 2nd Amendment right to bare arms did not mean just flint locks and broad swards.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 10:27pmHow Many Of These LASER Weapons Did Eric Holder Deliver To The Mexican Drug War Lords?
How many of these LASER weapons will get stolen from or sold by police to criminals and then used against the police. How many of us will become victims of these evil and hidious weapons? What is next Mustard Gas and Chlorine Gases.
Report Post »georgepatton
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:48pmAnother way for the government to keep us Americans in line!
ZEIK HEIL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »SoCalConservative88
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:59pm@georgepatton: It’s SIEG HEIL…………If you’re going to make yet ANOTHER Hitler reference, do it right.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:36pmI seriously hope they use this to blind the enemy – to prevent the enemy from attacking,
THEN USE THEIR M-16S TO KILL THE ENEMY!
Hopefully the same tactics will be used on OWS when they get out of control.
Report Post »amdoktor
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:56pmExcellent Idea “69” We already on the verge of a police state and you want Americans blinded or killed.
Report Post »You are playing right into this Agenda and giving them the “thumbs up” to shred our Constitution. Go back to the T.V. and play your war games on the x-box. Obviously, to you there is no difference.
SgtB
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:30pmThey say the dazzler works by “temporarily blinding a subject using a green laser with no risk of killing the person”. Now, for all of you civilians out there, the dazzler is most often used to counter VEHICLE BORN THREATS! This means that police will start using this device along the roadside, especially at night. This means that the “perp” will be blinded while speeding down your streets tying to get away from the cops. Anyone sincerely running from the cops would not stop because of this device and they would run an even greater risk of causing a serious traffic collision (not accident) which could kill himself and / or innocent bystanders like your children who are playing in the den when an f-250 comes through the wall.
Also, you run the risk of blinding a multitude of other drivers on the road at the same time which only compounds the problems caused. The dazzler should stay military tech for use a military checkpoints with cleared roadways and zones of fire. Its use would only do more harm than good in the hands of police who cannot even properly deploy a taser or firearm.
Report Post »FlamingFartSyndrome
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:29pmBuy anti-laser googles before they are made illegal by our government. Dont doubt for a second this isnt another obvious sign of a soon and upcoming massive police state.
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:28pmI can already see this turning into a lawsuit after repeat offenders end up suing the state for inadvertently blinding them or exposing them to radiation poisoning after they develop cancer. This is a military grade weapon, not to be used and abused on a regular basis on civilians!
Report Post »FlamingFartSyndrome
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:30pmCivilians, insurgents, whats the difference.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 5:43amYou meant citizens, not civilians, right? Afterall, LEOs are citizens just like those they may be using this laser weapon against.
Report Post »hcartexas
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:23pmThings like this only work in a civil society. Our society will shortly become very Uncivil…..
Report Post »supermansdad
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:28pmWhich then results in a 62gr jsp @ 3200 fps driven into your left orbital socket, followed shortly by a second. Smart move. 99% of the nations LEO are not trying to oppress you. If you have a less lethal pointed at you then most likely your acting like a butt. Comply and you live.
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:34pmHow do you know that “99% of the nation’s LEO are not trying to oppress you”? Have you met 99% of the nation’s LEO? Is there even any data on this at all, by sources credible or incredible? What a moronic generalization. The fact that most cops just want to protect people does not mean you get to just sit back and excuse yourself from keeping an eye out for a legitimate threat to civil liberty.
Report Post »bevigilant
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:36pmTo: supermansdad, who said “comply and live”,
Report Post »In America, it is the government officials and the public servant who must comply, all private citizens are free to do as they please (within reasonable bounds) – INCLUDING being a “butt”. Deal with it, or find a place to live that is more suitable to your fascist taste.
supermansdad
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:56pmApoligies, my comments were directed at the post below from warhorse_03826.
@RagingJudge How do you know that “99% of the nation’s LEO are not trying to oppress you”? Have you met 99% of the nation’s LEO? Is there even any data on this at all, by sources credible or incredible? What a moronic generalization. The fact that most cops just want to protect people does not mean you get to just sit back and excuse yourself from keeping an eye out for a legitimate threat to civil liberty.
I am LEO, have seen those in my industry that want to oppress civil rights. Sadly I work with a few. Stats? Not off hand. But can you look into anothers heart and say other wise? Nope! Go back to your “moronic” life.
@bevigilant
To: supermansdad, who said “comply and live”,
In America, it is the government officials and the public servant who must comply, all private citizens are free to do as they please (within reasonable bounds) – INCLUDING being a “butt”. Deal with it, or find a place to live that is more suitable to your fascist taste.
Do government officals stop being citizens? Nope. If a citizen, either cop, soldier or private freacking citizen with no LEO/MIL history, is equipped with a less lethal device and feels threatened by YOUR MORONIC actions that he/she needs to use it YOU have caused that person to use force on YOU. If you up the ante to pointing a weapon at that citizen (again, cop is still a citizen you dope) you deserve the JHP you will re
Report Post »Eman17j
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:27pmAs you can see supermansdad is probably on the police state side because thats how they always think you are the one at fault never the cops they dont ever do anything wrong.
Report Post »supermansdad
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:47pm“As you can see supermansdad is probably on the police state side because thats how they always think you are the one at fault never the cops they dont ever do anything wrong.”
Far from being on the side of the police state. If you had read what I said I addressed it from the perspective of both private citizen and officer. Get off your Paulbot high horse.
Report Post »warhorse_03826
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:07pmlike most “non-lethal” devices, easily countered by a 80 year old rifle and some marksmanship skill.
aim at the bright light, half-exhale, squeeze.
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:25pmLight will become too big a target when directed at your eye, and you won’t be able to sight in very well. An MG42 or someone nearby can clear up the threat though :P
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:27pmThe government really wants a Killer Kane Helmet… to turn people into Robots!
Report Post »DamnedRightImAHater
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:59pmRemember… Carry a Mirror and a Donut. It’ll confuse the crap out of the LEOs.
Report Post »pandora
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:02pmOWS is not the target. You are.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:38pmI see the anti-police PauItards are here in full force, they hate any new technology that can be used against them during their anarchist destruction of private property and assaults on police at OWS protests.
Report Post »DamnedRightImAHater
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:55pmYo Occupyers!!! Walk towards the Light!!!
Report Post »Robert Hawk
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:03pmThe plan is not to use it for OWS folks, the plan is to have it ready for controlling what is determined to be millions of people expected to riot against the forced assimilation to communism.
Report Post »FlamingFartSyndrome
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:24pm@Robert absolutely. No matter if we run out of money or not, we will have the strongest military in the world, and they will be used to control us like they do these people who are simply trying to drive down the street in their own neighborhood without being blinded into an accident or run over by a tank going twice the speed limit. All for peace and liberty though right?
Report Post »DamnedRightImAHater
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:56pmThere ain’t enough light in the WORLD to take care of that when it comes… If it comes. I dont‘ think there are ENOUGH ’Non-Takers’ left in this country, that’ll get up off of their Butts, and ‘Invest’ in the 2 MOST Precious Metals—Brass & Lead…
Report Post »ocean1994
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:55pmgood news is that you can buy lazer goggles! it wont effect you with them on
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:32pmIts pretty easy to carry a mirror in your pocket…or better yet wear a hardhat with a mirror glued to the back of it. When you turn your head away from the laser it will be reflected back toward the source. See how they like a taste of their own medicine.
Report Post »DamnedRightImAHater
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:23pmYou DO NOT Want Laser Goggles!!! They are designed for LOW LEVEL Laser Light, such as Dental/Surgical.
You want to go buy 2 Auto-Darkening WELDERS Helmets, remove the Glass and Darkening Mechanisms, go to a Custom Glass Shop, and get a sheet of Mirrored Window Tinting. Sandwich the Tinting Sheet BETWEEN the Welders Glass, and voila, you have a Viewer, that can Auto-Darken to about 16 Seperate Levels AUTOMATICALLY/INSTANTLY, with a MIRROR between the 1st & 2nd Glass Partitions giving you, literally, the equivalent of from 2, to about 26 Pairs of Mirror Tinted Sunglasses, on top of each other (Damned Near Black-Out), AUTOMATICALLY (Used to Test, Site and Fire Lasers, in the Navy, back in the day, and we invented these because we didn‘t ’trust‘ our eyes to ’The LOWEST Bidder’)…
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:55pmWhat they have really done is to weaponize light. They’ve decided to protect us from food, air, water, and now light will be a controlled substance. A flashlight will be considered a weapon.
Report Post »vavaeon
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:11pmgood one
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:54pmBet this company starts raking in the dough, at least in the serious protester realm and terrorist circles.
http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/anti–laser-goggles.html
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:37pmYou can buy them on Ebay for about $5.00 + shipping.
Report Post »Item number: 110776367853
SgtB
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:52pmmake sure you buy the right color of goggle. They are rated based upon the wavelengths of light that the goggle will safely absorb. The ones listed as safe for 532nm appear to be of an orange color. Check the spec’s to make sure you get the right ones.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:42pmAwesome. Another tool poorly trained incompetent police can use in inapropriate situations. Nothing like being rendered permanently blind because some idiot cop overreacted during a routine traffic stop.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:55pmMy thought exactly!! There’s NO DOUBT these will be in most LEO hands by the end of the year. But don’t worry, i’m sure there going to be as safe as tasers. Oh wait……………
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:15pmexactly my thoughts
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:35pmToo invasive for civil use.. Probably a G.Soros company!
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:34pmI have one of those on my AR15, it’s pretty effective too.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:38pmNo, you have a green laser that is probably in the 200 mw. That is more than 40 times as powerful as the laser that can you have and it can cover an entire windshield making it impossible for anyone in the vehicle to see. The use of such a tool in LE would be abused and have horrendous and “unintended” consequences like when they blind a drunk behind the wheel and the three cars around him and they all wreck into a trailer park killing dozens of people when the propane tank explodes and burns down the neighborhood.
I like the lasers on rifles and pistols and they make sense in that role. But the dazzler makes no sense in a law enforcement role.
Report Post »Just in time
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:31pmNow that you have been blinded. You will become a much more compliant citizen. Right?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:30pmNo risk of death ??? What if you are blinded and run into a tree?
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:28pmBetter still get blinded by the light, run into a tree, bounce off and spontaniously blow up into a zillion pieces.
Report Post »jharper
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:12pmNo doubt law enforcement would say the the light didn’t kill them, but fleeing from authorities killed them. They taz five year old little girls and say it’s justified!
Report Post »OldNYFirefighter
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 7:03pmMost of us would stop if we couldn’t see, Libs not so much, & would blame it on the tree!
Report Post »RageFury
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 8:05pm@jharper
Report Post »Not only do they taze 5 year olds they taze 70 year old grandmas, 65 year old grandpas, epileptics having seizures(http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2675812&page=1 ) and cows (http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/14/nation/na-cowkillers14 ).
Fried Okra
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:30pmCan you aim it at the White House… so, the ship they say is going in the right direction can make a course change.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:04pmLol!!!
Report Post »OldNYFirefighter
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 7:06pmPutting the Captain in the spotlight is a no no. Wait! I forgot the Captain loves & lives to be in the spotlight.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:30pmhow many new tools and toys does it take for our police to catch drug dealers, trespassers, etc. It really shouldn’t take all of this high tech military grade expensive equipment to effectively catch crooks. I am tired of this. If a group of unionized derelict cops cannot catch crooks with a gun, a dog and a tazer we need to fire them and start hiring our vets.
Report Post »Fus Patrol
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:53pmEvery tool has a use, this one seems tailor made for dispersing large crowds like OWS. Obviously wouldn’t be used to combat illicit narcotics trade or other more day to day Police functions. I guess you would rather just keep seeing people get tear gassed, shot with less lethal shotguns, and tasered. Heck why don’t we just get rid of all police technology and go back to the good old days when if you looked at a Cop wrong you got a blackjack to the forehead…
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:14pmum yes I actually would like to go back to the good old days. there would be far less occupy protestors camping out if when they acted up got the teeth cleared out of their mouths. we live in a sissy society these days. the woosification of america has taken over and it is time to start acting like grown ups. there would be far less crime if every state adopted a castle doctrine as well but that falls back on the sissification of society and actually requesting that citizens take their own safety into their hands. I am all for troops having gadgets but the police? not so much. we spend way too much money on law enforcement with very low results.
Report Post »Fus Patrol
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:47pmHow do you quantify what Police do? What are the “low results” you are talking about? Are you afraid to walk the streets where you live? If you are not, I would thank the Police for keeping your neighborhood safe. If you are afraid, ask yourself why? What has your community done to hamstring local law enforcement. The Job gets harder every day, mostly because spineless liberals tie our hands with ridiculous policies and mandates. I would rather my sons not follow in my footsteps, The Job by then will be impossible. And God help society when we make Law Enforcement impossible, have fun with Anarchy…
Report Post »OldNYFirefighter
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 7:16pmActually from my point of view, LEO’s have protected my but any number of times. I have many that are friends & darn good ones. They have a job I would not want to do mainly because there so many wacko’s out there who will kill a LEO just for sport. Every traffic stop or domestic disturbance call is far more dangerous than fighting a fire. Fire is predictable if you have enough experience, while angry or disturbed people are not. Thanks guys & girls for the job you do to protect us if it is possible. Thanks for trying when it is not possible.
Report Post »TheVOR
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:29pmTemporarily blinding drivers…Does that sound like a good idea?
Or, did I miss how this is supposed to work?
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:30pm“Dammit I hate these checkpoi–” BAM! Hit a tree.
“Uh oh, not again!” *Epileptic driver has a seizure, slams gas, rams blockade*
Report Post »pjmarshake
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:28pmFor OWS control, I would rather see the fire hose used. Not only does it disperse the crowds, but it give them a bath at the same time.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:31pmI agree .. just as SOAP!
Report Post »OldNYFirefighter
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:56pmRemember to add Dawn Dish Detergent to the water, otherwise they will contaminate the water & still be crud bumbs.
Report Post »Ferrarello
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:26pmMore toys for Obama’s Gestapo to use against us.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:44pmExactly what I think
Report Post »Robert Hawk
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:10pmThe OWS riots mainly during the day time and parties at night. Most of them are not awake until after 11 am. Therefore this device is not for their expected riots. This device has only one purpose, its focused toward those who would gather in the evening after a hard days work, in order to protest against the forced assimilation to communism being instituted by the federal government in the United States. Its no mistake that the information concerning this device coincides with the release of the information related to the disinformation or “truth” teams. These tactics appear to have a common purpose.
Report Post »DisposableWorker
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:40pmThree sets of high quality polarized sun glasses. One set of lenses normally horizontal; the other set shaped and attached so they are vertical. The third set at 60 degrees outboard angle to the first. If it is night or low light use high intensity driving lights or a powerful hand held unit to light the scene. If it is day (bright) use a set of cheap mirrored sunglasses to augment the anti-dazzler lenses you have made. Remember to line your wind breaker with aluminum foil. Wear steel toe boots. By the way; lasers point two ways, and a shielded NVGs can pick you right up behind that weapon.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:17pmBRYAN, you make no sense at all. “EVERY TIME” really, name one non lethal weapon that had to be taken away because it was abused. You are a moron
Report Post »supermansdad
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:44pmOk. Get ready for lot more dead suspects.
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