Government testing "ray gun"....... scientists concerned

did you know that the US government is testing a ray gun?
this gun called
The Active Denial System weapon, fires a 95-gigahertz microwave beam at anyone it is pointed at to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds.
it's name?
"the sheriff"
the plan is to send it to iraq next year to help deal with rioters..
Rioters?
in iraq?
suicide bombers maybe.. but rioters? and why in the hell are we testing it in iraq?
don't ya think maybe people hate us enough already.. now we are going to send this new special weapon to burn people if we don't like the way they are congregating?
The problem with the weapon? (well one of many really)
in tests, the people being used as "rioters" were asked to remove things like glasses, watches, necklaces, and change from their pockets, to lessen the possibility of "hot spots"
Scientists are worried that since these test were done with those stipulations, that permanent damage could occur if those factors were present..
does anyone else see the problem with this testing?
what is the likelyhood that a group of people gathered for whatever reason are going to be change free.. or not wearing any metal on their person.. what about those people who may have metal in their bodies, from pins, plates or any number of medically implanted metal..
cause don't even think for one second the plan isn't to bring that puppy back to the US to keep liberals "in line"
Who is responsible for determining if a group is rioutous? or dangerous for that matter?
Of course most people in this country won't hear anything about it cause they only watch Faux news..
But mark my word.. they will be breaking this thing out like the tazer in no time.. and none of us will be safe..

Check out the story on reuters on the msnbc web site or go to New Scientist magazine (though I don't know if the story is in their online version, it may be in the printed magazine only.. not sure..)

Just one more thing that scares me about this administration .