Nozzle on the gun makes it a non-lethal weapon

The American armory company Alternative Ballistics has developed a nozzle for a regular pistol that allows you to turn one shot from it into a non-lethal one. The nozzle contains a metal alloy ball. Departing from the barrel, the bullet is imprinted in it and then they fly together already. The blow from this ball, according to the inventors, is comparable to a blow with a hammer, but the projectile does not penetrate into the body and does not cause damage similar to damage from bullets of a firearm.

This device can be useful when the police officer has at least three seconds, or when the offender is armed, for example, with a knife, and not a firearm. Then the servant of the law can quickly reach and put a nozzle containing a metal ball on the gun. Such a shot, although it can be fatal, is much more likely to save a person’s life, and at the same time temporarily neutralize the attacker.

Thus, the police do not need to carry an alternative, non-lethal weapon, and change it to a firearm during the incident, losing time and distracting. A small nozzle is placed in the belt cover, sits on the barrel very quickly, and after use it flies off to the side.
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In the United States, where in many states firearms are allowed, a whole set of rules and measures have to be developed so that the police can maintain order. If you suspect that the offender is armed, the police officer in some situations has the right to fire a pistol. However, like any system invented and implemented by man, it gives failures.

The largest of the recent scandals was the incident in Ferguson, when a policeman killed a teenager because of the suspicion that the latter had firearms. It is these incidents that Alternative Ballistics want to avoid, offering the police their own solution to this problem. One of the company's founders, a retired police officer, came to this decision, reflecting on the possibilities of turning a firearm into a non-lethal one. And just the Ferguson police first agreed to try out the new product in action.