From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 May 2007 10:13:36 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>  wrote:
>
>>There was quite of bit of news several years ago on the development of EMP
>>guns that could cripple the electronics in most vehicles but I haven't
>>seen
>>anything recently
>
>   And like any technology, there's no technology reserved solely for the
> "good guys".  It's only a matter of time until the bad guys
would get one
> of these and start robbing/carjacking by disabling vehicles.   Such an EMP
> large enough to disable the vehicle, would probably disable cell phones,
> etc.
>
>   So while it sounds like a good solution to safely stop runners, the
> public might not end up better off when considering the whole picture.

They'll just have to make sure their vehicle electronic system is 'hardened'

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