Good thing this guy wasn’t around during the Manhattan project..

Air Force Secretary wants to test less-lethal weapons on US citizens before deploying them against enemy troops.

"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation." via CNN.

There was another great nation that deliberately outfitted its warriors with non-lethal weapons, but history tells us that didn’t work out so well for them.

Reason to be concerned Number 2: He referred to them as “non-lethal” weapons. No such thing as a non-lethal weapon; any wepon, if not used properly, can be lethal. This is more than just semantics. If the Air Force is really proceeding under the impression that they can deploy a weapon that will always injure, never kill, well, they should know that never works out as planned either. (PDF file)