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Originally posted by Glava
Temporary but intense pain sure beats intense pain and death. Any weapon that can repel people while keeping them alive should definitely be pursued by US military contractors.
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until those people aren't being repelled and must be killed, ala the Moros attackers in the Philippines.
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The Colt Model 1911 was the product of a very capable person, namely John Moses Browning, father of several modern firearms.
The pistol was designed to comply with the requirements of the U.S. Army, which, during its campaign against the Moros in Philippines, had seen its trusty .38 revolver to be incapable of stopping attackers. An Ordnance Board headed by Col. John T. Thomson (inventor of the Thomson sub-machine-gun) and Col. Louis A. La Garde, had reached the conclusion that the army needed a .45" caliber cartridge, to provide adequate stopping power.
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