don't forget your CCW when this machine comes out...

[tzotzo]

THz imaging will find that concealed weapon as you walk by, quite clearly too. Fore sure in the next 5-10 years... naturally NY city will be the first customer for it.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39510/page1/

[mag360]

you could just have a thin lead sheath that you wear in that part of your body to completely block any sort of view of a gun.

[Dreaded Claymore]

If you don't have a carry license, just cut out a gun shape from a piece of sheet metal and carry that, just to mess with them.

[ponderosa]

Yeah, um, unlawful search anyone? But sounds like they're already doing that! Messed up

[wilit]

Well, considering SCOTUS's opinion(s) over the recent GPS case, it'll be interesting to see how technology and the 4th Amendment will get along in the coming years.

[PhalSe]

Wow even thinking up a device like that for law enforcement purposes requires a complete lack of respect for the 4th amendment. If searching everyone who passes within 75 ft of a police care isn't "unreasonable" i don't know what possibly could be.

[AragornElessar86]

If you don't have a carry license, just cut out a gun shape from a piece of sheet metal and carry that, just to mess with them.

Win. As long as you've got the time.

[FullMetalJacket]

Great technology!

Alas, I expect a court order or probable cause before anyone is scanned with it.

[Munk]

Win. As long as you've got the time.

A pro-2a company can commission these to be stamped out by the thousands, and sold for a dollar (or 5), with a lawyer's phone number and statement of rights printed or stamped into them.

I'd probably sew a couple into all of my backpacks and keep one in my pocket.

[nicki]

Finally came out.

This type of technology is something that the "gun haters" said would be coming years ago and if when it would be developed, that it would lead to a gun free society.

Anti rights technology such as this, photo cameras and other such big brother devices need to be immediately stopped otherwise what little privacy we have will be gone.

The safety nannies with the negative IQ levels will hark about how we have to do this to protect the children.

Guess a "free society" is something we have to protect children from in their mental midget minds.

Nicki

[CrazyPhuD]

A the is a major repost, but mostly these would likely be trivially easy to defeat if you even moderately cared. High frequency waves aren't particularly good at penetration. Part of the reason that low frequency AM radio transmission in buildings is significantly better than FM.

[Joewy]

The problem with these sort of devices and proceedures is that before long ANY item in your pockets or wasteband will be concidered suspicious and you will be searched. Just like at the airports.

[Gray Peterson]

Guess we better get the carry license adoption rate really high then.....

[dantodd]

High frequency waves aren't particularly good at penetration.

I agree fully. Poor penetration is not a good thing.

[Untamed1972]

Well, considering SCOTUS's opinion(s) over the recent GPS case, it'll be interesting to see how technology and the 4th Amendment will get along in the coming years.

It certainly does seem to go well beyond the "plain view" doctrine, not to mention it's basically conducting a search of someone that you have no RS/PC to believe did/is/about to commit a crime.

If it was once ruled that LE climbing a tree and using high-powered binoculars to look thru a suspects window from 1/2 a mile away was an unreasonable search, 4A violation, and did not fall under the "plain view doctrine" because it required extraordinary means to "enhance plain view"......then how would this NOT be an extra oridinary means when you are searching EVERYONE with no RS/PC to search or detain for suspected criminal activity?