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Paintball Guns Given To Belgian Cops In Bid To Stop Another Charlie Hebdo
Yahoo News ^ | 8/18/15 | Lee Moran

Posted on 08/20/2015 6:56:09 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator

Police in one Belgian city are now being armed with paintball guns.

Rapid response units in Antwerp are being handed the non-lethal weapons, familiar to stag doers and wannabe warriors across the world.

Police chiefs say that the new semi-automatic firearms are designed to be used in densely-populated areas.

They can also fire pepper spray missiles.

And police bosses hope that they will help neutralise dangerous suspects without actually killing them.

So far, some four FN 303s have been ordered by the city’s fast deployment teams.

The special units, which use unmarked cars to patrol the streets, were created following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, France, at the start of the year.

Raids on the satirical magazine and a Parisian supermarket in January left 17 people dead, not including the gunmen.

The killings sparked a worldwide show of solidarity under the banner ‘Je Suis Charlie’.

The Brussels Times reports that the weapons are “unique” to Belgium.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: belgium; europe; firearms; guns
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"All of our police force was massacred by a small group of Muslims, it is a mystery as to how this happened."

1 posted on 08/20/2015 6:56:09 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator
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To: Objective Scrutator

HA! Take that isslamic slime!


2 posted on 08/20/2015 6:58:31 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Objective Scrutator

Now. Fill those paint balls with pig blood and you might get somewhere.


3 posted on 08/20/2015 6:59:02 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Objective Scrutator

Suicidal eurotrash mentality coming to a U.S. State near you. Un-friggin-believable


4 posted on 08/20/2015 6:59:04 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Objective Scrutator

Bringing a paint-ball gun to an automatic weapons fight.


5 posted on 08/20/2015 6:59:20 AM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: Objective Scrutator

I guess they will have to do until the marshmallow mini-guns are delivered.


6 posted on 08/20/2015 7:06:16 AM PDT by jdub (A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.)
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Well, at least the cops won't be able to hurt anyone.

Other than putting an eye out, anyway.

7 posted on 08/20/2015 7:06:53 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (To defeat the democRATs, we must first defeat the Republicans.)
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“Just like a European. Brings a paint ball toy to a gun fight.”


8 posted on 08/20/2015 7:08:21 AM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: Objective Scrutator
If they really are crazy enough to go the "less than lethal" route -- there are better options out there:


9 posted on 08/20/2015 7:08:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“semi-automatic firearms”

I don’t know where to start...


10 posted on 08/20/2015 7:13:17 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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I’ve been hit by paintballs many dozens of times.

Each one stings for about 5 seconds. But only if you get hit on bare skin. It has ZERO stopping power, unless the honor system is followed, or there is a referee to say “you’re out!”

This is stupid beyond words.


11 posted on 08/20/2015 7:16:29 AM PDT by kidd
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I don't K - N - O - W.

Ever been shoot by a paint-bal gun in a fuys precious spot?

EEEEEEEEE - OO - WWWWWWW!

12 posted on 08/20/2015 7:25:30 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Texas Eagle

i LIKE that!!


13 posted on 08/20/2015 7:36:07 AM PDT by Reverend Saltine (Don't say, "the administration," or "the EPA"--say "OBAMA." Give him full credit)
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To: jdub

yes, 10 rounds per minute, too. devasting


14 posted on 08/20/2015 7:36:51 AM PDT by Reverend Saltine (Don't say, "the administration," or "the EPA"--say "OBAMA." Give him full credit)
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the muzzies would never try anything in a paintball zone. never.


15 posted on 08/20/2015 7:37:38 AM PDT by Reverend Saltine (Don't say, "the administration," or "the EPA"--say "OBAMA." Give him full credit)
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To: Objective Scrutator

This article has to be satire. Why not use water guns ? The ammo is much cheaper. In a real crisis situation, one’s own bodily fluids could be an even cheaper and more ‘lethal’ ammo.


16 posted on 08/20/2015 7:49:26 AM PDT by jlindseyx42 (Namaste)
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Suicidal eurotrash mentality coming to a U.S. State near you. Un-friggin-believable

They are excellent in riot situations. You can really put the hurt on and back the crowd up. You can target the most obnoxious people individually and bring the pain. Individuals in the mob generally lose interest when the pain is targeted specifically at them.

But they are useless for general day to day law enforcement.

17 posted on 08/20/2015 9:08:18 AM PDT by usurper (Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
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“Hey, you terrorist creeps with those AK-47s, stop or I’ll use my paintball gun on you.” Yeah, that’ll put the fear of God in the Mozzies.


18 posted on 08/20/2015 10:48:05 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: kidd

For many generations farmers and orchard owners have used shotguns with rock salt. You aim low. It goes through jeans. It burns like fury. You just want to be somewhere else. Been there done that. Older and wiser.


19 posted on 08/20/2015 10:52:32 AM PDT by BillM (.)
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To: driftless2

that’ll put the fear of God in the Mozzies.....They don’t fear God. Just Allah.


20 posted on 08/20/2015 10:56:06 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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