'Safety bullet' invention aims to prevent accidental shootings

News Herald ^ | Story filed: 11:52 Tuesday 30th July 2002 | Editorial Staff

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'Safety bullet' invention aims to prevent accidental shootings

A Florida man claims to have designed a safety bullet which locks up a gun when it's accidentally fired.

Mike Worley says his simple invention takes gun safety to another level.

He came up with the idea after a local boy was shot in his elbow while showing off his dad's .357 Magnum.

The safety bullet can be hidden in the gun chamber and ejected quickly if the owner needs to fire a live bullet.

If the safety bullet is fired, it jams the chamber and locks the gun until the shell is removed with a special tool.

The News Herald reports Mr Worley has applied for a patent for his invention.

He says several companies are interested in his design, and one has started making a prototype.

Mr Worley, from Panama City, says he supports the use of guns and understands why people need a loaded gun as protection.

He said: "I think the safety bullet is a step in the right direction. I don't want fame and fortune. This is a simple device that takes safety to the next level."

Story filed: 11:52 Tuesday 30th July 2002

[Redcloak]

Using absolutely nothing seems to have been safe enough for Mighty's daughter. How safe would she have been had your product present that night? How quickly could she have un-spiked the gun had she accidentally set off your device?

Are you ever going to answer this question?

[SafetyBullet-Inventor]

Dave,

Thanks for the feedback. I would like to see that gun. It sounds like one awsome firearm.

I may fall on my face. I have done it before. In business you have to keep trying. This thing is not for everybody and every situation nothing is. It has its place.

Mike Worley Inventor of the Safety Bullet

[Dan from Michigan]

Goa sure hasn't done anything in my state. As far as I'm concerned, they are worthless.

NRA ain't perfect, but they are a lot better than GOA.

[Shooter 2.5]

I send money to the most effective groups. That would be the NRA and on the local front, The Texas Rifle Association.
The next group that I would send money to would be the Second Amendment Foundation and the Second Amendment Sisters. The Sisters aren't much of a lobbying group but I love their Media Coverage.
I'm still waiting for the eleventh person to tell me what the GOA does before I send money to them. I won't send a penny to anyone that can't tell me what they have accomplished or/and openly criticizes another group.
The last legislation that the NRA stopped was a Florida Mandatory Trigger Lock Law a couple of months ago.

[Shooter 2.5]

Dan, someone just Freepmailed me and I explained what happened in Michigan. I mentioned your name and it's possible that he's going to contact you for an explanation. I hope you don't mind.

[Dan from Michigan]

Yet you'll send money to a group which continually compromises our 2nd Amendment rights. "Peace in our time", eh Shooter?

Better than groups like GOA that LIE about state senate candidates Alan Sanborn and Sue Rocca, calling them anti-gun(They aren't. I know their record. I live here.) to try and get a two time Drunk driver that gets nothing done elected.

[Dan from Michigan]

The common ground here is safety. NRA promotes it and so does the Brady Group
No they don't.

[SafetyBullet-Inventor]

Hi,

So when that guy was puching you in the face you wanted to fight back? WHy didn't you just take it like I am supposed to do?

I suppose that if your gun was in a safe you would be trying to punch in the combination while he was dragging you or a gun lock in which case when he dragged you by your keys you could find the right key and unlock your gun.

Makes since to me. As apposed to simply ejecting the SB and loading a real bullet.

Hope you shot the guy!

Mike Worley Inventor of the Safety Bullet

[js1138]

Any who thinks a loaded gun is "safe" (in the sense of safe to point at someone you don't intent to kill) is an idiot. Double that for a revolver.

[SafetyBullet-Inventor]

Dial

1-800-269-7373 speak to Tony or Gilbert of Berry Man. They are building them They have tested them. Yes I will send you a couple to try.

What I am trying to do is make a product that can give a level of protection to people that store loaded guns and have kids. Plus anyone else that either has kids or has kids come by.

I put a lot of thought into this three years worth. It works its safe and it will save a lot of lives. Send me your address and you will get a couple.

Then you owe me your honest opinion. Deal?

Mike Worley Inventor of the Safety Bullet

[Dan from Michigan]

Fine by me. I posted it on FR beforehand.

[SafetyBullet-Inventor]

I totally agree with you. I have never said that this would make a gun safe for kids to play with that is this authors comments on an article he read about this. Kids, unless they have received firearm traning and are supervised should never have a gun loaded or unloaded. I agree with you.

If this was in your gun and anyone other than you found it and pulled the trigger the gun would be locked up. If you are worried about your safety than take the SB out and keep it on or near your person.

Come on now you stated you would fire the gun thinking that there was a safety bullet it it and mistakenly fire a real round.

So your saying that if there was a safety device you would now start horsing around with a gun instead of acting like the responsible gun owner I know you are. DO you do this with your current safety device?

If its 3:00 am and somebody is smashing glass and breaking into your house would you rather have your gun in a safe or have a gun lock on it or have a SB in it. Its faster than anything else on the market.

I just rechecked all the press releases and nothing states that now kids can play with your gun. That is exactly the opposite of what should be done.

I am on your side.

Mike Worley Inventor of the Safety Bullet

[Travis McGee]

Please address my points /1/ and /2/ from my reply #165. Thank you.

211 posted on 9/5/02 1:32 PM Pacific by Travis McGee

Anytime it's good for you.

289 posted on 9/5/02 10:14 PM Pacific by Travis McGee

I'm still waiting.... what's the problem? You have no answer that will not sound foolish?

[SafetyBullet-Inventor]

If the gun is on your person you do not need this. It is for people that store a loaded gun.

Mike

[ZULU]

The "safest" bullet is one that is lodged in the cranium of a social malefactor - a mugger, rapist, murderer or thief.

[SafetyBullet-Inventor]

You, you've got the experiance. Sounds like your a police officer and they don;t need this unless they go home and have kids then yes stick one in the chamber and take it out whey you go to work.

THis will not hit the market for about two months. When I get some hard facts I will be happy to share them with you.

Mike

[Redcloak]

Ignoring the horrid grammer and spelling...

I suppose that if your gun was in a safe you would be trying to punch in the combination while he was dragging you or a gun lock in which case when he dragged you by your keys you could find the right key and unlock your gun.

And when your "safety" bullet has been accidentally set off and the gun has been spiked, how is the outcome any better? At least in the situation you describe above, there's half a chance of getting the lock off. Is your hypothetical goblin going to stop dragging his victim across the floor long enough to allow her to use the special tool to unspike the gun?

Are you ever going to answer this question?

[Jeff Head]

What I am trying to do is make a product that can give a level of protection to people that store loaded guns and have kids. Plus anyone else that either has kids or has kids come by.

I have loaded guns, I have kids, I have kids come by ... I now have grand kids.

I will never use one of your devices. My firearms are for the protection of my kids, my wifes and my life and our property. That is their principal use ... I do not want them to be safe ... Iw ant them to be understood, by my family, by their friends, and BY GOD BY THE PERPS WHO WOULD TAKE OUR LIVES. We also do some hunting.

My kids have been properly educated and trained all of their lives. Their friends have been informed and know the score at our home as do their paretns.

The same was true for my parents before me, and theirs before them. It is true for literally hundreds of people I know.

THAT, IMHO, is the answer. Education and training. I do not want to spend the extra time ejecting, take the chance of forgetting its in there or wonder about my weapon in that split second and critical time that I need to use it or die, or see one of my own die.

I pray that never happens. I have prepared myself and family on the chance it may. If a terrible accident ever occurred with one of my firearms, I would get solace from my God, just like if one of us were struck by lightning or hurt or injured in a wreck. Then I would move on and continue to educate and train.

Hope you "get it". Education and traiing are the key ... not something that renders the weapon impotent ... or "safe" It is an oxymoron.

You of course are free to pursue your avenue and your course. But I would never recommend any device that had the capability of rendering a firearm completely useless.

[Travis McGee]

We just crossed threads: it happens from time to time.

You are just tap dancing. The problem with your gadget is that it is HIDDEN. Under extreme stress at 0300 it is very predictable based on hundreds of cases that the attacked victim will NOT remember the HIDDEN gun jammer, and will get a sight picture, pull the trigger, and jam his gun when he needs it most.

Any additional after market safety or gun lock MUST BE VISIBLE, so that even under stress the attacked victim knows NO MATTER WHAT that he has to take off the lock first. Your gadget is HIDDEN, WILL be forgotten, and will cause a general loss of respect for the inherent dangerousness of guns, and in the end will do more harm than good.

[kildak]

Unlike the NRA, GOA will not lend it's support to politicians who have a record of voting for anti-2nd Amendment legislation. Generally, even if a politician has voted for minor gun-grabbing legislation.

Check your candidates records again, you might be surprised by what you find.