Called the Alternative, the device is basically a small metal ball that is clipped on the end of a gun. When the gun is discharged, the bullet embeds itself into the ball as it hurtles towards the target and helps lessen the bullet’s impact.
The person probably won’t get killed from the gun (pictured below). But it would still hurt like hell.
“It’s going to feel like you’re getting punched in the chest by Barry Bonds,” said Christian Ellis, founder and CEO of Alternative Ballistics, the company that makes the device. “It’s going to break some ribs.”
Another company, called Security Devices International, offers a variety of less-lethal ammunition than can be fired from 40 mm grenade launchers. This includes projectiles containing pepper gas, or colored liquid to identify suspects. There’s also a “malodorant round” which contains “a highly noxious payload that delivers an appalling odor” that can help disperse a crowd.
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