SALT Non-lethal defense pistol

[Nelly2014]

If you look at Youtoob and flick through the '5 best inventions' type of stuff you will come across the above. It appears to be a CO2 powered pistol that fires salty balls that break up on impact and release some noxious irritating powder to dissuade intruders.
What a cracking idea eh? But no doubt it would be 'throw away the key' territory if you tried to use one in Nanny UK

[breacher]

The word "noxious" is specifically mentioned in legislation..........

[saddler]

So, a paintball gun firing itching powder?

It'll make £billions$ & the criminals will refuse to get out of bed for an honest days thuggery, buggery, burglary & general mayhem. Or not.

[Kungfugerbil]

You'd be better off with these:

http://www.odditycentral.com/funny/japa ... crime.html

I believe it has been clarified that paint for marking and identification doesn't count as a noxious substance so is considered kosher. It doesn't have an irritant but realistically your best bet is to leg it and mark the toe rags so the police can pick up on it later.

Also you said 'salty balls'.

I am a child it would seem.

[Sim G]

It doesn't have an irritant but realistically your best bet is to leg it and mark the toe rags so the police can pick up on it later.

Realistically, sometimes legging it is not an option...

[Kungfugerbil]

Realistically, sometimes legging it is not an option...

Realistically that happens in a statistically insignificant amount of cases. In those situations no sort of fart gun, paintball or spray are going to do the job :)

[froggy]

It's an old concept . Cartridges loaded with salt were used as non-lethal rounds. Before electronic alarms were invented, little canons firing those "salt cartridges" were quite common.

[Sim G]

Realistically that happens in a statistically insignificant amount of cases. In those situations no sort of fart gun, paintball or spray are going to do the job :)

Better than an empty hand...

[Les]

Realistically that happens in a statistically insignificant amount of cases. In those situations no sort of fart gun, paintball or spray are going to do the job :)

I'm guessing you've never had a face full of pepper spray/teargas.

[Nelly2014]

Realistically that happens in a statistically insignificant amount of cases. In those situations no sort of fart gun, paintball or spray are going to do the job :)

Better than an empty hand...

Funnily enough that's what 'Karate' means in Japanese clapclap