<HTML>Welcome to the New Scientist newsletter, which this week reveals
that police are getting to grips with "less lethal" guns...
EDITOR'S CHOICE:
LESS LETHAL WEAPONS
Do you think police officers should be armed with a gun or simply a
baton? What about something in between: a radio-frequency stun
weapon? Or perhaps a semiconductor- or chemical-based laser? Such
"less lethal" weapons are closer to reality than you might think.
New Scientist has learned that the US justice department is funding
research into all three devices. But, if they are safer, why is it
almost impossible to find out how they work?
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