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Less lethal impact munitions fire a projectile providing a transfer of kinetic energy that will impact and potentially incapacitate a suspect. Different launchers and projectiles are on the market ...

Another long standing group of less-lethal weapons are those that fire some type of blunt force round. The round is designed to cause pain but not penetrate the skin. It transfers and disperses its ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles began deploying "less lethal" munitions on Sunday as they clashed with crowds protesting federal immigration raids. "Less lethal" or ...

Strategic transaction adds three proprietary defense systems to Next Dynamics' (NEXD) portfolio, strengthens U.S. federal and military relationships, and accelerates entry into the $17.9 billion ...

Chandler Crumblish Paine is a full-time mom and regular jogger who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. She’s never owned a gun, but last year she became increasingly concerned about her safety, especially ...

In January, 33-year-old Turrell Clay died not long after being arrested by Phoenix police. An autopsy report released on Aug. 8 – seven months after Clay’s death – pins the blame on the supposedly ...

Athens-Clarke police deployed a gun described as a “less lethal” weapon in order to subdue an Athens man who according to a police report was agitated at being confronted by police over his pending ...