Thread: US company to sell smartphone-shaped gun

Americans will soon be able to buy a smartphone-shaped gun that can hold two bullets and easily slip into a pocket.

The Minnesota-based company Ideal Conceal says it will sell the new weapon from mid-2016.

"Ingeniously designed to resemble a smartphone, yet with one click of the safety it opens and is ready to fire," the company says on its website.

"Smartphones are everywhere, so your new pistol will easily blend in with today’s environment," it adds. "In its locked position it will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight."

The gun is a double-barrelled .380 caliber folding pistol that will sell for $395, the company says.

Americans are deeply divided over gun rights between those who say carrying firearms is necessary for self-defense and others who support better gun control to fight an epidemic of shooting deaths in the country.

Firearms kill a total of 30,000 people each year.

However, Republican lawmakers, many of whom are backed by the powerful National Rifle Association, have blocked President Barack Obama's attempt to pass gun control legislation.

"No one wants to be in a dreadful situation that may require you to defend yourself with the use of deadly force," Ideal Conceal's website says. "Yet as the old adage goes: 'It’s better to have a gun and not need one, than to need a gun and not have one.'"

Law enforcers may have a different view.

"In general, the concept of any kind of weapon that's disguised, so that it's not apparent that it's a weapon, would be cause for concern," Bill Johnson, director of the National Association of Police Organizations, told CNN.

Eight states allow carrying concealed guns without a permit to do so.

US company to sell smartphone-shaped gun

a toy for the whole family

Heh...Here we go...They'd do much better legalizing drugs...

Just what I need for the top of the dash in my Escalade?

Won't be long before some poor cop shoots someone who pulls a smartfone on him...as if cops didn't have enough problems already.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Won't be long before some poor cop shoots someone who pulls a smartfone on him...as if cops didn't have enough problems already.

Sadly it's already happened.

The cop cant be blamed , does he ask is that a phone or a gun ? By then he is dead if the second option.

^Precisely. "Dumb lives matter"....in America. Where it appears common sense has fled for fairer shores.

Originally Posted by Ozcol

The cop cant be blamed , does he ask is that a phone or a gun ? By then he is dead if the second option.

Correct.

If the hands are 1. moving and more importantly 2. moving downward pockets the instantaneous response is the shoot.

It's about 1 second, sometimes 2 seconds.

"No one wants to be in a dreadful situation that may require you to defend yourself with the use of deadly force," Ideal Conceal's website says. "Yet as the old adage goes: 'It’s better to have a gun and not need one, than to need a gun and not have one.'"

Surely, defence is better served by making it obvious you are armed. This gun sounds like something that would enable you to transport a gun secretly for the purpose of attacking an unsuspecting target.

Perfect for smuggling into school exams.

Originally Posted by Warwick

"No one wants to be in a dreadful situation that may require you to defend yourself with the use of deadly force," Ideal Conceal's website says. "Yet as the old adage goes: 'It’s better to have a gun and not need one, than to need a gun and not have one.'"

Surely, defence is better served by making it obvious you are armed. This gun sounds like something that would enable you to transport a gun secretly for the purpose of attacking an unsuspecting target.

It's not about offense or defense.....it's about showing your equally brain dead friends your cool, new toy. Can't wait until they pull it during a traffic stop and shout at the cop, "Hey dude, look at this shit!"


Bang, bang, bang - and the gene pool improves.

I hate government regulation, but acts like selling this cell phone disguised gun show that some people and corporations need government to act as a parent.

'Cellphones soon to be banned from airplanes', might be the next news headline.

Originally Posted by Neverna

'Cellphones soon to be banned from airplanes', might be the next news headline.

Good point. They're already banned from all US embassies, and have been for years, primarily due to the camera function. But will airport screeners now have to be trained to visually and manually inspect every cellphone to ensure it's not actually a gun.

That the manufacture and sale of this weapon is being permitted is simply insane.

USA! USA! USA!

Originally Posted by Neverna

'Cellphones soon to be banned from airplanes', might be the next news headline.

The last time I flew out of London it was a requirement that mobile phones had to be switched on to prove that they were indeed phones.