View Single Post
Old 09-26-2009, 02:45 PM   #38 (permalink)
Willravel
... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.
 
Willravel's Avatar
 
Friendly reminder...
Taser defense: taser-proof vest and pants aren't difficult to make at home. All you need to do is layer conductive and nonconductive materials. An outer layer of cotton to camouflage, middle layer or two of very thick aluminum, and inner layer of thick rubber would likely short out your average taser. If you're shot with this on, pretend to be shocked and drop to the floor unmoving so they don't figure to shoot you in the head.
Bullet/projectile defense: concealable ballistic armor can be purchased online and will stop certain guns, and will drastically reduce the damage done by non-lethal rounds such as rubber bullets, sand bags, and H2O rounds. If someone is opening fire in your area, protect your head at all costs as nonlethal munitions can and have caused fatalities when they hit an individual in the head. You may want to keep a helmet in a backpack.
Sonic weapon defense: aside from the obvious ear protection—ear plugs and noise canceling headphones—sound can also be deflected or absorbed. When I was a little kid I visited NASA's Ames research center at Moffett Field. Among the things I got to see was a sound room, in which cones of foam lined the entire surface and prevented nearly all sound from reflecting. While I don't think this can be exactly duplicated, there is a certain kind of mattress cover which may be able to replicate (to a lower degree of success) the same noise canceling effect. They look like this:

I've not had a chance to test this, but in theory it should decrease the dangerously high decibel levels.
Microwave weapons: I've been thinking about this one for the past few days, and I think the best defense would be a bit complex. Emergency foil blankets can be found at most hiking supply stores, so I'd pick up one of those. Sew onto one side a nonconductive material such as cotton with handles on the cotton side. Attach to the aluminum insulated test jumper leads, and on the other side crimp on a grounding clamp. If you're worried that the microwave weapon is about to be activated, clamp onto something grounded like a fire hydrant and wrap yourself in the blanket aluminum out and cotton in. I've obviously not had a chance to test this, but it could work in theory. Do not deploy the blanket until you're 100% sure it's properly grounded.
Dazzler (laser blinding weapon): Don't think I'm paranoid, this has already been used in Iraq for several years. It would seem the best way to deal with this would be to have welding goggles. If the weapon is activated, flip down the lenses.

Why go through the trouble? Because as soon as you run, you've failed at whatever you're attempting by protesting.

If I've missed anything, let me know.

Last edited by Willravel; 09-26-2009 at 05:57 PM..
Willravel is offline  
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360