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

[randian]

Terahertz radiation might also be bad for you. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24331/

And that's from a burst. Any bets on when they turn this stuff on 24/7 in "sensitive" areas like Times Square or 1PP? How'd you like to be under the "gun" for a half hour or more waiting for a theater ticket?

[a1c]

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

NYPD is already well known for doing random pat-downs. If you're brown or black in a crappy neighborhood, you've likely been stopped by the men in blue.

[tzotzo]

scanner technology is going to improve leaps and bounds over the next 10-20 years. As another post said, the 4th amendment and technology are going to be banging heads alot more ...

[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.

I can just see how that will turn out.

NYPD: "Sorry, Mz. Claymore. We thought that you husband was a terrorist because our scanner showed what looked like a gun in his waist band.

Mz. Claymore: "Why didn't you find out whether it was a gun before you shot him over 100 times?"

NYPD: "That would be inconvenient. We'd even have to get out of the car. Have a nice day!'

LOL...I'm going to be killed, yeah.

[scarville]

All this does is convert concealed carry into open carry. Given a few years the technology will get smaller and cheaper until you can put in a cell phone or similar sized package. Even if it is made illegal for the hoi polloi to possess, that won't stop the criminals from getting it meaning they will know who is armed. The best counter to a bad guy using that knowledge to his benefit is to make sure everyone is armed.

[audiophil2]

Glad I upgraded to the new Glock 7.

[Uxi]

Am I the only one who was more disturbed by the stop and frisk routine they're doing now? How is that legal? Ordinary brown guy walks down the street can be frisked for nothing? Or is probably clause extremely... loose there?

[Wherryj]

And that's from a burst. Any bets on when they turn this stuff on 24/7 in "sensitive" areas like Times Square or 1PP? How'd you like to be under the "gun" for a half hour or more waiting for a theater ticket?

Imagine living in NYC and getting hit daily for hours during a lifetime of traveling through "sensitive" places.

[tankerman]

This invention could make for some excellent entertainment.

It'll be way easy to **** with these control freaks.

[yellowfin]

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.

I'll cut out a shape of a hand with the middle finger sticking up and/or with cut out letters saying "If you're reading this I can and will sue you for civil rights violation".

[ja308]

Wow ,very creative and amusing too ,cut outs, tramsmitters ,law suits . ^5

NYC 1st -any bets on what city will be 2nd?
i would guess some NJ rathole.

[tuolumnejim]

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.

Excelent, now all I need to do is find out where it is and cut out a piece of sheet metal with a profile of an UZI and a string of grenades.

[MontClaire]

Fud. Soon there be ceramic frames and plastic ammo casings. It would render these machines useless.

[tzotzo]

Fud. Soon there be ceramic frames and plastic ammo casings. It would render these machines useless.

Don't bet a wooden nickel on that... scanners will be able to identify any chemical compound eventually. Not just THz scanners but all kinds of active scanners using RF, light of various wavelenths, sound, etc... to find objects of interest.

[nicki]

Thanks Bloomberg.

It trully amazes me how our opponents make unlikely allies for us.

Up till this year, most marijuana activists really didn't care about the 2nd amendment, that is until Obama betrayed them and they are pissed.

They care alot about their 2nd amendment rights NOW since the ATF said if you have a MJ card, you can't have guns. See, the way they see it, a loss of one right leads to a loss of other rights which is why they have to fight for all their rights, even the ones they may not care to personally use.

It is obvious where the ACLU will stand on something like this, while the ACLU hasn't been our friend in the past, since Heller, many of the state chapters have become pro 2nd amendment.

This is something that the ACLU and pro gun organizations could easily work on together, because gun rights are civil rights.

This fact that New York would even consider such a techology shows that it is a "Police State".

Nicki