Prescription Handguns for the Elderly and Disabled

Jstas
Jstas Posts: 14,806
edited December 2008 in The Clubhouse
Yes, you read that right.

http://gizmodo.com/5069173/palm-pistol-grandma-is-going-on-a-toodle-shootin-rampage

From Slashdot:
Repton writes "Thanks to the Second Amendment, even the elderly have the right to keep and bear arms. The problem is that many of the guns out there are a bit unwieldy for an older person to handle. However, 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."

Here is what it looks like:

palm_pistol.jpg

And here is grandma goin' toodle hunting!
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Maybe I'm morbid or masochistic or something, I dunno but I think this reeks of awesome!
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited December 2008
    Grandma's killing gangsters again...
  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2008
    Thats awesome :D

    They would be banned of course at retirement homes...bingo halls....lodges...rehabilitation centers ...etc , you havent seen true pure anger with intent to cause bodily harm until you have seen one of those little old ladies food cart get delayed or somebody called a false bingo :eek:

    I heard more cuss words and death threats in the 5 weeks I was visiting my mom during her stay last year in the rehabilitation/retirement home after she broke her hip, then I ever did in the couple of years as a bouncer :)

    The other thing is it looks too much like an inhaler....they would need to color that sucker hunter orange or bright red if they didnt want granny eating a bullet instead of her morning puff.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2008
    Wonder if my grandma can get one for me?:D
  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2008
    Great, just what old and senile people need.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2008
    "Physicians will be able to prescribe the Palm Pistol for qualified patients who may seek reimbursement through Medicare or private health insurance companies."

    This is a joke, right?
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited December 2008
    Totally, Friggin' AWESOME!!!!
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  • rabies_70
    rabies_70 Posts: 47
    edited December 2008
    Gives they can pry the gun from my cold dead hands a slightly different twist now.
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,238
    edited December 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    "Physicians will be able to prescribe the Palm Pistol for qualified patients who may seek reimbursement through Medicare or private health insurance companies."

    This is a joke, right?

    Just because you're old you should lose the right to defend yourself? :confused:

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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited December 2008
    Shoot em in his toodles!!! She shot over the target most of the time, I wonder who lives down the road???
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