Unrealistic, belated and short-sighted, and ignores mankind's frailties. I am not advocating their use, but I object to an outright ban. […] At a minimum, it's at least possible that at some point in the not-too-distant future LARs may be able to better distinguish between combatants and civilians, from a greater distance and more accurately, than humans, and thus cause fewer civilian casualties. (2013) source Unverified