After looking up “Deodand,” the proposed pistols make wonderful sense. Kinda like throwing a dummy virgin into the volcano...
If somebody would just start cranking out $2.75 liberators again, that would be something. Maybe in portable and target models.
They DO make Liberators for the collector market. But they cost about $500 and come in a box with illustrated instructions, just like the original.
But, unlike the original they have rifled barrels; smoothbore barrels are apparently illegal or require a special license - turn it into a shotgun pistol or something....
A company has started making Liberators again, but the new ones are rifled and made of heat treated steel. $500 though.
I only knew ‘deodand’ from Jack Vance’s Dying Earth. I thought it was probably some sort of mythical monster or something.
Anyhow, the concept is nuncupatory.
Freegards
Make a model that takes a cheap 16 round magazine, and *instant assault weapon* now worth between $150 and $250 at current turn in events or “buybacks”.