Since keeping and bearing arms is an individual right…
…and disability must not get in the way of our rights…
…then the time is obviously right for this new prescription handgun for the elderly and disabled:
…the inventors of the Palm Pistol are planning to change all that with a weapon that is ideal for both the elderly and the physically disabled. In a statement submitted to Medgadget, the manufacturer, Constitution Arms, has revealed the following: ‘We thought you might be interested to learn that the FDA has completed its “Device/Not a Device” determination and concluded the handgun will be listed as a Class I Medical Device.’ Physicians will be able to prescribe the Palm Pistol for qualified patients who may seek reimbursement through Medicare or private health insurance companies.”
On the one hand, I’m not sure about the ergonomics of this particular piece, to the point where I almost wonder if it’s a hoax.
Also, it’d seem that it’s a single-shot piece, so that disabled/elderly person had best be a pretty confident self-defense marksman.
On the other hand, the surprise factor would be enormous. And if you have the grit to wait until the orc has his face close to yours . . .
Even now, wingnut science is working on an assault rifle that Stephen Hawking can fire by blowing into a straw.
Pretty cool–if you follow the links, it’s got a safety by the fingers so that an accidental “thump” to the trigger cannot fire it. Kinda like a 1911. Breaks open like an old shotgun to re-load.
The one thing that makes me a bit nervous is that if I had arthritis, I’d be uneasy about firing a 9mm that doesn’t weigh much. I guess that if it was that or being abused by a criminal, I’d take the recoil, though.
And why shouldn’t Steven Hawking have the right to self-defense, if he can do it safely, AC?
Well it is listed on Fox News, so I hope someone there checked it out. They applied for classification as a class I medical assist device, like a hot water bottle, so it is possible that they could have gotten that classification.
As for approval, I would love to see what ailment that they are claiming to remedy. Getting a classigication is not the same as an approval. They also need to get a Medicare code to get the government to approve payment.
Very strange, I’m guessing it’s a marketing ploy with no plans to actually get approval and re-imbursement.
Bike Boob said: “And why shouldn’t Steven Hawking have the right to self-defense, if he can do it safely, AC?”
In a world where PI is just an irrational number, one theoretical physicist is cleaning up the streets. Stephen Hawking P.I., coming this summer.
Hah!
Even now, wingnut science is working on an assault rifle that Stephen Hawking can fire by blowing into a straw.
Actually – and someone stop me if I’m wrong – but the coaxial M240 in the M1 Abrams has some sort of pneumatically-operated actuator, doesn’t it? *
If you’re thinking “wheelchair with twin straw-operated belt-fed machine guns”, then we’re in business.
* I could VERY well be wrong – although I know the recocking mechanism on the wing-mounted .303 Brownings in the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane were pneumatic, and that’d be just about as cool on Hawking’s wheelchair…
That would be pretty sweet, I gotta say.
Angry Clown thinks that the skills involved in safely operating a firearm are exactly the same as required for sodomizing Haitian immigrants with toilet plungers. He feels very, very safe being defended by armed NY cops.
Angryclown favors strict plunger control.