BUG-A-SALT HOUSEFLY SHOTGUN! THIS IS AWESOME!

youtube/gunwire ^ | 20 July, 2012 | NA

[marktwain]

Check this out. It’s the “Bug-A-Salt” housefly shotgun. Eradicate pesky houseflies with ease with this gun that requires no batteries, and simply uses table salt for ammunition. Brilliant! I’m getting one.

[marktwain]

Video at the link. No doubt could not find a company in the U.S. that would produce such a product.

[JmyBryan]

Could be fun for open wounds...

[chris37]

Wait, wait, wait...

You mean I can use this instead of the 12g tac mag on the kitchen flies!?!?!

CAN HAS!?

[the invisib1e hand]

You didn't do that! /s

go, kid!

[null and void]

Want one!

[mass55th]

"Could be fun for open wounds..."

Can I use it the next time a fly lands on Obama's face?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

It’s got a way to go to beat my bug zapper on wasps.

[NormsRevenge]

watch out! you could poke an eye or two out.. (how many eyes do flies have these days? thousands.)

[Ron C.]

You didn't 'finish the story' - go to BUG-A-SALT to order your weapon!

LOL - They cost 30 bucks each!

[Labyrinthos]

I so want one of these. When I was a tween back in the 60’s I had a double barrel suction-cup dart “shotgun.” On hot summer nights, I would lie in bed at night picking off flys and mosquitos from the walls and ceilings. The salt gun seems even better than the dart shotgun, although I am concerned about the paint job and salt residue.

[WhirlwindAttack]

bump

[johniegrad]

That’s outsourcing jobs. Are you sure that wasn’t Mitt Romney or someone in his family? /sarc

[philman_36]

Very cool.

No doubt could not find a company in the U.S. that would produce such a product.
Notice the patent pending.
Sure, you can file one cheap, but if you do it wrong you're screwed. Getting it done right can run upwards of 15-20K when it's all said and done! (I know, I've talked to some patent lawyers for some of my ideas)

Note the years...
$10,000 - $15,000.  Attorney fees charged for preparing a patent application. “[M]ost companies spend between $10,000 and $15,000 in attorney fees to prepare the application.” Patent attorney fees. (Dean Turman, patent attorney at MacCord Mason, Greensboro, North Carolina quoted in Michelle Cater Rash, “Restructuring raises patent fees, could hinder startups,” Business Journal Serving the Greater Triad Area, April 11, 2005)  

$10,000, on the low end, to file a patent.  “But [Ronald J. Riley, president of the Professional Inventors Alliance USA] and other small inventors also knock the present system:  High legal bills -- inventors can expect to spend $10,000, on the low end, to file a patent; most of that is attorney's fees.” How much does it cost to file a patent?  What is the cost of a patent?  (Akweli Parker, “Inventor's reality,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 23, 2006)

[Slump Tester]

He has it made in China, and then he talks about patents?

I don't think they'll be $30 for very long!

[Ron C.]

"I am concerned about the paint job and salt residue."

That was my observation. Take 6 to 8 shots in the kitchen and you've got a hell of a cleanup job to do - or suffer the corrosive consequences.

[cripplecreek]

Michael Bloomhole ain’t gonna like this one bit.

[SkyDancer]

What’s the range?

[philman_36]

Patent costs | How much does a patent cost?$75. Cost of a provisional patent prior to the 2002 fee hike by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. “At only $75, provisional patents may seem like a great bargain, but they have a big drawback: You must apply for the more expensive utility or design patent (applying for a standard utility patent costs $355) within one year of submitting your provisional patent in order to get standard patent protection. Otherwise, you'll lose your patent rights.” Provisional patent application. (Don Dedelak, “How To Find A Company To Make And Market An Invention” Entrepreneur, April 1, 2001) Start at the bottom and scroll up to see the increase through the years.

[TaMoDee]

Wait until a CO2 powered model comes out. There’s probably a Chinese engineer working on it as we view this site.