Do you really think you wouldn't go to jail for aiming that thing at someone? The police don't care if it's not a real rifle, the same as they wouldn't care if you aimed a realistic looking squirtgun at someone on the highway. As far as they're concerned, if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, you're threatening someone with a duck.
The beauty of the sniper rig is that you're not SUPPOSED to be -seen-.
Besides, if you can do this with a sniper rifle, you can do it with gear that looks like a telephoto rig. While it won't look less suspicious, it will appear less malicious.
At least in The United States of Ashcroft you'd only be charged with attempted murder for pointing a sniper-rifle-looking thing at someone.
If you were to point a camera at someone instead, you'd be arrested for "casing a national security threat" and held indefinitely without bail until they decided to execute you.
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Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'. (Score:4, Funny)
What, so instead of "Fucking tool" it now will mean "Fucking tool who's in jail for aiming a sniper rifle at someone"?
Re:Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'. (Score:0)
People who don't read the article should be modded down into oblivion...
Re:Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'. (Score:2, Insightful)
Besides, if you can do this with a sniper rifle, you can do it with gear that looks like a telephoto rig. While it won't look less suspicious, it will appear less malicious.
Re:Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'. (Score:3, Insightful)
If you were to point a camera at someone instead, you'd be arrested for "casing a national security threat" and held indefinitely without bail until they decided to execute you.