RAIL GUN!

HEADS UP BOYS & GIRLS

“ A theoretical dream for decades, the railgun is unlike any other weapon used in warfare. And it's quite real too, as the U.S. Navy has proven in a record-setting test today in Dahlgren, VA. Rather than relying on a explosion to fire a projectile, the technology uses an electomagnetic current to accelerate a non-explosive bullet at several times the speed of sound. The conductive projectile zips along a set of electrically charged parallel rails and out of the barrel at speeds up to Mach 7. Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon I posted below the segtment from Future Weapons that explains what a rail gun is.  It looks like develpment is ahead of schedule, but raises in my my mind two questions. Have the Chinese stolen this technology too? Will Chuck Schumer try to ban the sale of this weapon to the public?

I'm somewhat serious about the Schumer question.  It's my contention that when the founders recognized the need for an armed citizenry to defend against tyrannical government, the long rifle was what both sides would use.  If we are to maintain that ability,  then it's necessary that we be able to defend in kind against whatever Obamuntists  a theoretical out of control government could throw at us.  Oui?