It's late and I was headed to bed when I came across this unsettling tidbit of information in the Houston Chronicle. In a nutshell, the United States will buy and send 5 "Silent Guardians" (aka Ray Guns) to Iraq in 2008. The "Silent Guardian" is a commercial version of the Defense Department's Active Denial System. Here's a link to the full article:
Houston Chronicle article
People, it's time to call and write your Congressmen and tell them how you feel about a non lethal weapon that inflicts intense pain caused by "the intense heat of a suddenly opened furnace." These crowd pacifiers will go to Iraq first! How long before it gets worse and these things are used on us?
Here are two links to help you out.
Vehicle-Mounted Active Denial System (VMADS) , and
Contact Your Elected Officials
I hope someone with a louder voice picks up on this and gets as mad as hell as it has made me. How long will it be before it's commonplace in our cities and in our communities? Can't let this one slip by unnoticed. Thank you very much for your interest.
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