A Canada-based company has announced that it will be supplying ‘less-than-lethal’ firearms to the Cayman Islands prison service.
Lamperd Less Lethal officials said in a press release that the company will be supplying Cayman’s prison services “with our
complete line of launchers, and our less lethal AR/15 50 cal. upper” weapons.
“Working
with the Cayman Islands has been a two-year process, and this is the first time
they will be using any type of guns in their prisons,” the Lamperd press release stated. “In the past they have
trained at Lamperd’s facility with our complete line of products: Defender I,
Defender II, and the AR/15 50 cal. less lethal upper.”
“We are pleased that they
have chosen our product line rather than the stun gun technology; the stun
technology is associated with numerous deaths worldwide; Lamperd’s products have
caused zero deaths.”
The less lethal weapons can be used for a number of functions. The most commonly known weapon in the company’s arsenal is the ‘wasp’ weapon that fires rubber bullets.
There is an international debate as to whether taser-stun gun devices used to subdue individuals have caused lethal injuries. There is an on-going international debate as
to whether the weapons have actually led to certain deaths in law
enforcement custody, as well as whether the electric shock devices have
been used in torture.
“Lamperd has 40 years
experience in manufacturing police and military products and our patented ‘Wasp’
round is composed of a specialized composite that allows it to maintain its
properties over a wide range of temperatures from -50 degrees C to 100 degrees C
(-58 to 212 degrees F). It also dissipates energy, thus inflicting an adequate
but not lethal trauma to the target.
The company numerous ‘less-than-lethal’ weapons options, including:
*Marking Cartridge: used for public order applications to mark instigators for
arrest at a later time, or to mark a target address or vehicle.
*Safety Soc Cartridge: Low energy – used at close range when situational
appropriate; reduces the chance of injury to the subject.
*High Energy: used for greater standoff to threat; as much as 40 feet which
allows operator to assess and evaluate the situation.
*Wasp: Specialty Impact Munitions of rubber butyl material for greater
accuracy at appropriate standoff distances.
*Pepper Cartridge: used to incapacitate an individual, reducing the chances of
cross contamination.
*Distraction Cartridge: produces 135 decibels of sound; used as a distraction,
creating an opportunity to put your tactical plan into action.
*Breaching Cartridge: used to defeat locks or hinges, very effective against
attack dogs.
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