watch your fingers...
Poor choice of words in the title. LOL
Ah...it kind of looks like an inhaler.
911? “I’ve shot someone and they can’t get up.”
bang
Oh good grief.
Where to begin:
1. Doctor, I thought it was my inhaler....!
2. That’s not my life alert thingee....
3. I’ll get that damn lid off the pickles..!
4. I’ll catch that nurse who keeps stealing from me.
5. I’m 81 and a grown adult, I’m NOT going to bed and I DON’T like kidney mush!
6. Now, tell me again what happens when I press this button...
7. I only get ONE bullet? At least give me a derringer!!
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Two things come to mind when I see the weapon—does it have a safety and how severe will the break of the bones in the hand be?
Not too different in concept to the “Green Hornet” water pistol from the late ‘60’s / early ‘70’s.
The aforesaid water pistol might make an effective non-lethal personal self defense instrument filled with vinegar, india ink, rubbing alcohol and chili pepper. It might also expose the user to lawsuits.
But this 9mm contraption? It would be difficult to imagine this being effective at anything other than very close range: like 3 feet max. It is essentially a glorified zip-gun. Beyond close range, look for a stray round flying all over Hell’s Half Acre, hitting unintended targets.
As illustrated it is also difficult to imagine the chamber/barrel being able to contain the fast-burn/explosion of the round. Look for Granny to be missing a few fingers after using this contraption.
If it works? This would be a scary-yikes! weapon in the hands of a gang-banger. Way too easy to conceal.
I give it two thumbs down.
You’ll still have to get rid of it in Jersey.
Bad idea IMHO.
This has the exact opposite problem, as those airsoft pistols which ended up with the bright orange markings on the end of the “barrel” so LEO’s wouldn’t shoot kids by mistake.
The problem? Absolutely ZERO deterrence value. It will by necessity have to actually be used in a conflict situation, because no perp is going to take a second look or even stop long enough to laugh “what are you gonna go grandma/grandpa, make me inhale?”...
So it has to be used. But there’s only one shot.
Therefore, it will have to count. No shooting for the leg. No “stop or next time I won’t miss”. Nope. All the marbles.
This really is a bad idea.
Finally, if I was a thug, this would be the perfect thing for a close-in kill. I have a real gun for backup, and then I have this inhaler thingimajig for the real kill. Just pass by you and bang.
Anyways, I'd still get one for collection purposes if I could get my hands on it, but I think the entire thing is a joke.
I also wonder if this won't fall under the NFA as AOW (Any Other Weapon) and have to be registered just like pen guns and cane guns.
AOW.
Does it come in 500S&W Magnum?
Nothing new. I saw it’s first iteration over 30 years ago. Reportedly developed by the East German intelligence services as an assassin’s contact weapon. The model available at that time was activated like syringe. The two fingers wrapping the barrel pulled back on a sliding yoke which which acted like a double-action trigger mechanism. To fire, one simple simply squeezed the hand closed. Though not completely silent, it’s design was reportedly such that it could be employed at noisy parties, crowded railway stations or bus stops, and no one would react to the shot fired, provided the weapon’s muzzle was firmly pressed into to the intended target’s body.
A boon to geriatric gunners? More likely a bane. I’m old school. Anything lacking a trigger guard is an accident waiting to happen.