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October 06, 2004

Credit Card Shotgun, Oh Please...

I'm absolutely positive that the anti-gun crowd will somehow seize on the Drudge mention of this WFTV story about a "credit card sized shotgun".

AP Photo

This is so stupid as to be worthless and yet, the leftists will howl over it. Here's a couple quotes:

In a new twist on the idea of concealed weapons, a local gun maker and gun shop are debuting a new type of firearm: one that could almost fit in your wallet.

It's a two-shot weapon made from a piece of metal the height and width of a standard credit card, and about a half-inch thick. Each barrel fires seven standard steel BBs. It will retail for $100.

"This I can see being the ultimate self-defense weapon," said Mark Koscielski, owner of Koscielski's Guns and Ammo, the only gun shop in Minneapolis...
...
... They said the guns are meant to be used for close-range self-defense and wouldn't be effective as offensive weapons.

"They are very effective at five to 10 feet. They're absolutely useless at 20 feet," Teel said.

Folks, never mind that this thing only shoots a couple of BBs. This is like a "musket" that you would have to load with black powder, tamp down with the BBs and hold in place with a wad of paper...

Like, carrying this in your pocket or purse wouldn't dislodge everything?

But more than that, with a range of 20 feet, that means there's no power behind this piece of crap. If the mutant attacking you is wearing a jacket, the BBs bounce off of it.

I remember once asking one gun dealer (in my much younger, naive years) what he thought of a .25 for carry and he said, "hell, Jeff, that will just make them angry." So will this, and nothing more. This piece of junk costs $100 bucks and for a lot less you could carry pepper-spray and do a lot more.

I have to suppose that this foolish entrepreneur is trying to capitalize on fear and -- yes, the feeling of "coolness" that some stupid kids will feel carrying this piece of crap around.

If I was some mutant criminal, I wouldn't even recognize what the hell it was someone was pulling out. If I was a criminal, I would only be scared of a "real gun" such as what I (meaning me) would pull out -- a big-ass .45 Para-Ordnance that will blow a fucking baseball sized hole in their chest.

This little toy won't do anything other than to piss them (your attacker) off.

Now, for those of us who actually appreciate genuine self-defense weapons, see the post above...

Posted by Jeff Soyer at October 6, 2004 08:12 PM

Comments

I do believe that thing would be illegal under the 1934 or 1938 law anyway. I don't remember the exact description, but the intent was to ban any gun that didn't look like a gun.

Posted by: Ken Summers at October 6, 2004 08:20 PM

I still want one. I wouldn't ever think of using it for self defense, but it'd be fun just to have one.

Posted by: Bitter at October 6, 2004 10:21 PM

Even with relatively little power, there's still a lot of uses for a gun like that.
It makes an excellent back-up device, particularly since it's not legally a gun. With that and its small size, you could probably bring it places where a more powerful personal weapon might raise eyebrows.
Even if it won't kill an opponent, the surprise factor alone helps a lot, giving you a good deal more time to think while the opponent's either slowed down or confused.
Sure, it might just make em mad. But that's an advantage, too.

A real weapon's preferable, but it's still an advantage that could be used where normal guns couldn't.

And it will be interesting when the morons start trying to ban a bb gun.

Posted by: blueeyes at October 6, 2004 11:52 PM

"... They said the guns are meant to be used for close-range self-defense and wouldn't be effective as offensive weapons."

Maybe it is just a state of mind but my pistol is a defensive weapon. I would trust my life to a regular pistol before something like that.

Posted by: Mixlesplick at October 7, 2004 06:15 AM

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Credit Card Shotgun, Oh Please...

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