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I think the future is going to be in caseless cartridges (not just handguns though) . Most jamming issues with firearms are caused by ejection issues. A caseless cartridge would eliminate a lot of those problems.
Exactly! Lighter and stronger materials are the real modern improvements.One of the steps where handguns evolved significantly, was after the 1994 Assault Weapons ban, where magazine limitations encouraged the manufacturers to find ways to cram 10 rounds into a smaller weapon, as well as working on ways to get larger bore rounds into those smaller weapons, too.
The Kel-Tec pistols, the subcompact Glocks (26, 27, 28, 33), etc., came out as a result, and combine a really nice blend of firepower (9 or 10 rounds), decent calibers, while still maintaining that characteristic ironclad functionality of a Glock pistol. Don't forget, that the compact Glock 30, which gives you 10+1 rounds of .45 ACP fun, came about.
Also, with newer materials, you started seeing titanium alloys, along with scandium alloys, that allowed for an even lighter J-frame sized revolver.
Yes, I truly hated that stupid piece of legislation known as the assault weapons ban, but if there is a good thing that came from it, it's that the manufacturers came out with some really nice designs.
That'd work for crowd control that's for sure... to load up the shotgun with those and several officers working as a group... yep.Great points.
I think the next "big step" we'll see in firearms themselves are just better materials, allowing you to pack more bang into smaller packages. And I don't think you'll see major changes in that regard anytime soon.
Specifically for law enforcement (and to a lesser degree general self defense), I suspect that in the next several years we'll see products like Taser's XREP developed for pistols.
It's a little off-topic, but Taser International has another product for crowd control:That'd work for crowd control that's for sure... to load up the shotgun with those and several officers working as a group... yep.