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December 31, 2004

Beanbag Guns

Police disarm knife-wielding man with a 37 mm Super Sock launcher beanbag gun. From the Sun (IL):


Aurora police subdued a man armed with three knives early Dec. 23 by shooting him twice with beanbag munitions, marking the first use of so-called less-lethal projectiles by the Aurora Police Department.

Rocky Dean Smith, 27, was struck in the torso by the beanbags, which an officer fired from 10 to 12 feet away inside the man's west-side home, police said. He was treated at an Aurora hospital and released to policeAurora hospital and released to police custody on multiple felony charges.


You can read the whole story for the details. I just found the concept interesting. Several of my friends were into potato guns for awhile and I just conjure-up this image of the cops carrying these big white PVC tubes around...

Posted by Jeff Soyer at December 31, 2004 05:44 AM
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While the image is hilarious, "tater guns" are quite deadly. While I have no personal experience with such things *wink* I do know that they will penetrate a billboard with the right projectile/propellant mix, and thus, are probably overgunned for less-than-lethal operations.

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at December 31, 2004 10:50 AM
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