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    Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns

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    Image of satoru satoru
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    So they've gone from throwing the silly balls to having what appears to be a single shot paintball gun. The main thing in Japan is that it practically requires an act of god for the cops to use guns, signed in triplicate, and hand delivered by the Emperor himself. So they have to resort to these kinds of unconventional means.

    What I don't get is that you still have the major problem that, all I need to do is take off my jacket, and now I am untraceable. In Japan most people carry cash, as credit cards are very hard to come by and are not widely used. Thus stealing a purse as indicated in the video nets you quite a bit of money, since carrying around several hundred dollars in cash is common. They need a spider-sense gps tracking device :)
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    Just put some pepper balls in there. That'll learn them! http://www.pepperball.com/product_details.php?category_id=51&item_id=142
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    Image of josephbloseph josephbloseph
    07/10/09

    @Barry99705: Yeah, like that Snelgrove girl the Boston police accidentally killed.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    07/10/09

    @josephbloseph: They are the same as paint balls, I don't see the problem. She was hit by a gas canister fried by a grenade launcher.
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    Image of josephbloseph josephbloseph
    07/14/09

    @Barry99705: No, she wasn't. It wasn't a gas canister, and it wasn't a grenade launcher. It was firing Oleoresin capsicum rounds. While not exactly a paintball, paintballs aren't exactly harmless to fire into a crowd of people not wearing masks.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    Beanbags, rubber bullets, pepperballs, frangible rounds, etc aren't called "non-lethal". They are technically called "less than lethal" alternatives, as they can still kill depending on where you are hit/how close you are.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    07/10/09

    @KeepingTheForeName_GitEmSteveD...: Frangeable bullets are extremely lethal to the person being shot, but there's almost no pieces that make it out the other side, so you don't get any accidental injuries.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    they better not be skimping on the paint...criminals deserve to wear Ultra Evil (none of that brass eagle crap)
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    I think the guy wielding this craptastic plastic crowd controller will be more concerned about this thing malfunctioning.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    How does this compare to, say, the BB gun in terms of Radroach efficiency?
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    The Japanese are pansies,

    this is really clear,

    Instead of killing with big guns,

    they'll tag you in the rear.



    I do not know why they play,

    With little plastic toys,

    When instead they could be shooting,

    with real guns like real boys



    Please do not listen,

    to this simple rhyme.

    It 'twas solely created,

    to pass the dreary time
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    Edited by Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK at 07/10/09 1:03 AM Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was starred Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was unstarred
    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/10/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming:
    The Japanese are smart
    and this is the sign
    instead of killing criminals
    they make them serve their time.
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    Edited by Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK at 07/10/09 1:08 AM Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was starred Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was unstarred
    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/10/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming:
    Your poems are good,

    But their paintballs are better.

    Your lyrics may rhyme,

    But they'll tag your sweater.
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    Edited by Con Seannery at 07/10/09 3:45 AM Con Seannery was starred Con Seannery was unstarred
    Image of erichg14 erichg14
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    FREEZE! Or I'll stain your shirt so bad...!
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    Image of Digo Digo
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    You've obviously never played Monster Hunter (it's really big in Japan). First, you shoot him with a paintball so you can track him down on your minimap when he runs aways. Then you track him down and finish him off with your katana. Look man, if you don't know anything about the culture then don't talk about it, okay.
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    Image of Chewbenator Chewbenator
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    It seems like it's more to tag the criminal instead of actually hurt them in any way. Sorry if obvious comment is obvious.
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    07/10/09

    @Chewbenator: That's probably the actual intent of the 'weapon', particularly in a high-population place like Japan, where would-be criminals can literally hide in a crowd, or at least that's what I figure. That said, it's still a pretty chintzy mechanism for firing.
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    Image of mocax mocax
    07/10/09

    should use some stinky gooey fluid that glows in the dark, so the thief won't be able to blend with the crowd....

    "i smell a thief here...."
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/10/09

    In reply to Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
    As long as they don't shoot me in the fucking ear. That shit hurts man!
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    07/10/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: Or nail you in that part between the mask and your brow, spraying that crap all inside your mask, and the paint kinda burns your eyes. I've had that happen when I was crawling around (it was a log they laid out for cover, but somebody climbed a damn tree).

    Also? Groin. God help you if you aren't wearing protection.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/10/09

    @Evdor: Actually, getting hit on the top of the skull is what hurt me the worst. I had a mask, but no helmet, so it'd break the damn skin on my skull and oh ow.
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    Image of Herb Vasquez Herb Vasquez
    07/10/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: Def I just played yesterday and was flanked and shot in the back of the head!! that eff'n kills!!
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    Image of bustedchain bustedchain
    07/10/09

    @Evdor & @Lite: is on a boat.: Man that's nothing. Try getting shot about 2-3 inches below the adam's apple, dead center, just above your collarbone. I'll take three of your forehead shots if you'll take one of those just barely above the collarbone shots. Before you feel/realize the sting, you wonder "How in the hell did I get shot there of all damn places".
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/10/09

    @bustedchain:


    oh yeah? well I was playing paintball last week, and right when i came out from behind this bush, a guy maced me and kicked me in the nuts.

    i haven't checked yet, but i'm pretty sure the rules don't allow for that.
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    Image of marcsiry marcsiry
    06/19/09

    In reply to Pentagon's New "Suburb Warrior" UAVs Promise to Try to Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians
    From the top image, it appears the suburbs they intend to attack are in Southern California.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    06/19/09

    In reply to Pentagon's New "Suburb Warrior" UAVs Promise to Try to Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians
    So when do they come out with the robot spiders that can go floor to floor in search of Tom Cruise lounging in a cold bath?
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    Image of nintendude nintendude
    06/19/09

    In reply to Pentagon's New "Suburb Warrior" UAVs Promise to Try to Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians
    Is it against the TOS to say F*** THE RIAA on Gizmodo?
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    06/19/09

    @nintendude:


    What in the hell does the RIAA have to do with the Pentagon's new UAVs?

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    Image of nemoo nemoo
    06/19/09

    In reply to Pentagon's New "Suburb Warrior" UAVs Promise to Try to Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians
    >But it's a step in the right direction, that's for sure.


    yes, lets have even more killing robots so that fighting wars will be even more terrible and inhuman than it is today.

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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    08/13/09

    @nemoo: I say we get the most horrific, violent, bloody weapons and tactics we can. We've mad war far too clean and sterile. We need to gory horror to see, scare us off of war a little.
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