A new arsenal of bizarre, non-lethal arms that injure rather than extinguish are taking the death out of human conflict... Pepper sprays, glue guns, net guns and foam weapons are embraced by public and governments alike. Equinox probes their hidden dangers. In the last four years, pepper spray is claimed to have been responsible for 32 deaths in California alone; meanwhile, proponents blithely argue that “incidental, accidental and corollary casualties must be expected and allowable.” But because these weapons are considered non-lethal, they are being used in situations which don’t merit extreme violence – let alone death. From mind-control weapons to microwave guns, Equinox follows a theory that non-lethal weapons “enable the forms of democracy to continue, while... the reality of democracy is drained out.”