A net gun is a
non-lethal weapon
Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than convention ...
designed to fire a
net which entangles the target. Net guns have a long history of being used to capture wildlife,
stray dogs and even aircraft. A net gun that can subdue humans, and recently,
Quadcopter
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Although quadrotor helicopters and convertiplanes have long been flown experimentally, the configuration remained a curiosity ...
s have also been developed.
History
The net gun was invented by
New Zealander Colin Brown in 1969 when he tried to sell the police a net gun to capture robbers. His invention took off in the 70s but was only successful in subduing
wildlife
Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introdu ...
and dogs until recently when a net gun designed for
law enforcement
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use was invented.
See also
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Anti-drone gun
References
Non-lethal firearms
Nets (devices)
Paramilitary weapons
New Zealand inventions
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