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

[mdimeo]

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.

These are passive scanners. They're not shining X-rays at you. Humans radiate in the terahertz range naturally, and a dense metal object in your waistband will block it, leaving a detectable outline.

[Wherryj]

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.

Don't forget to purchase said lead shield from the company that makes them appear to be common every day objects or prosthetic devices.

[Wherryj]

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!'

[Wherryj]

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

Pfizer has made millions on this position.

[Decoligny]

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/

You just need to find out what frequencies in the terahertz range that these scanners read, and then develop a small transmitter that floods the area with those frequencies. Blind their scopes.

[Fictitious Simily]

These are passive scanners. They're not shining X-rays at you. Humans radiate in the terahertz range naturally, and a dense metal object in your waistband will block it, leaving a detectable outline.

The other to "related" articles linked at the bottom seem to indicate they need to bounce terahertz radiation off what they want to image.

[Wherryj]

You just need to find out what frequencies in the terahertz range that these scanners read, and then develop a small transmitter that floods the area with those frequencies. Blind their scopes.

You won't need to do that. Enterprising people like Mike Valentine will probably make these "body jammers" and sell them along with the Valentine 1. Maybe they'll even be the same unit for "all around protection".

[NoJoke]

Tech for tech?....

How about some development in all composite/resin guns?

[CalBear]

It would clearly be a fourth amendment violation if authorities performed blanket scans on city streets. There may be no expectation that one's actions are private in public, but there is an expectation that one's pocket contents and possessions are private.

[Fictitious Simily]

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

[Mesa Tactical]

You just need to find out what frequencies in the terahertz range that these scanners read, and then develop a small transmitter that floods the area with those frequencies. Blind their scopes.

Doubtful the FCC will license that for you.

[Rossi357]

This was an interesting statement in the article.
However, it seems the the 2nd amendment vanishs when you leave your house.

[shifter1]

Might work in New York city or Illinois but what happens with all the legit concealed carriers everywhere else? Unless we are required to have a chip broadcasting our CCW licence number? Another step in the wrong direction.

[randian]

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.

They'll probably make trying to deceive surveillance a felony. It's NYC, after all.

[TURBOELKY]

Outrageous.