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Subject: New kind of Gun - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 2-Oct-83 23:02:56 EDT
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fortune!Anonymous    Oct  2 19:58:00 1983


All right, I agree that you need to apply mechanical force from a distance.
This leaves the gun, the Taser or the laser.

What's that?

Well, if you are hit with a laser beam of sufficient power about an inch wide,
an cylinder of flesh that big and X deep will turn into steam.
The resulting explosion will have the force of a small bullet, but
will be more evenly distributed in the surrounding connective tissue.

Of course, to power the laser you will need to either carry around
an extension cord, or wrap wires around yourself to pick up
electical energy from the central electromagnetic pulsing station
that every good-sized metropolis will have in the future.