Gotta Love America !!! 9mm Hand gun NOW A Medical Device !!!!

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A GUN company will market a pistol to elderly Americans that will be subsidised by the government in the same way as a wheelchair or walking frame.
The company, Constitution Arms, claims its gun, called a Palm Pistol, has won approval as a medical device for people with arthritis or other disabling conditions who have trouble squeezing the trigger on a normal firearm.

Under the deal, seniors who buy the $US300 ($460) 9mm handgun will be reimbursed by the federal government in the US, magazine New Scientist reports.

Matthew Carmel, president of Constitution Arms in Maplewood, New Jersey, said the gun was "something that they need to assist them in daily living".

"The justification for this would be no more or less for a (walking aid) or wheelchair, or any number of things that are medical devices," Mr Carmel told the magazine.

The company's sales information states: "It is also ideal for seniors, disabled or others who may have limited strength or manual dexterity.

"Using the thumb instead of the index finger for firing, it significantly reduces muzzle drift, one of the principal causes of inaccurate targeting. Point and shoot couldn't be easier."

The company informed a medical technology blog that the US Food and Drug Administration had approved it as a "Daily Activity Assist Device".

It says it has already been fielding "lots of calls" about the device, expected to available by 2010.
However, a FDA spokeswoman denied the agency had formally labelled the gun a medical device, telling the magazine no determinations had been made about the weapon.

[Full Noise]

God bless America.

I just read the story on the MSN home page. What will they think of next? Perhaps a specially modified gun that can be fired by a three year old because their fingers are too small to grip the trigger on a 9MM.

After all, it’s in the constitution, so why not?

Don’t you just love the name of the gun’s manufacturer?

[flappist]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

God bless America.

I just read the story on the MSN home page. What will they think of next? Perhaps a specially modified gun that can be fired by a three year old because their fingers are too small to grip the trigger on a 9MM.

After all, it’s in the constitution, so why not?

Don’t you just love the name of the gun’s manufacturer?

But when are they going to make one that bears can use?

[olfella]

Hope they come here - I could keep it under the pillow....

[SM1DY]

I just got this image in my mind of an old granny using a walking frame and with a stocking over her head holding up a convience store.

Given that it is America, it might just happen.

[Nevermind]

ahhh nice

[axeray]

Only in America

[merlin]

I envy their freedoms.

[FGII-XR6]

seeing they are for seniors they should have silencers so the bang doesen't scare them

[steamin63]

Originally Posted by au3xr6

seeing they are for seniors they should have silencers so the bang doesen't scare them

won't matter. they can't hear it anyway.

[uranium_death]

Guns have been medical tools for years.

Euthanasia being their most common use...

[HLC]

i love guns.

[Redrum]

Good on the yanks! I am a huge fan of their bill of rights. Especially the 2nd Amendment!

[Bent8]

Originally Posted by Redrum

Good on the yanks! I am a huge fan of their bill of rights. Especially the 2nd Amendment!

Here here....

The all important 2nd amendment which is constantly under attack.

The latest one is called the "Constitutional Convention", they want to re-write the Constitution....good luck to them I say, just don't upset the 100 million registered gun owners in the US!

[Whitey-AMG]

FTW...........subsidised weapons for the societal demographic that is least able to hold their hands steady , need bifocals to recognise themselves in the mirror and are least able to make quick witted and reasoned judgements without being impaired by BULK pain , blood pressure , arthritis , alzheimers medications on a daily basis.............

What about the poor old wheelchair bound seniors........will they get the automatic bolted to chair versions that work by using the wheelchair joystick ?????????...........I can see them suing for discrimination.........

Ahhhhhhhh...........the land of the free.

[xtremerus]

If seniors have problems with the trigger be cause of arthritis, weakness etc, believe me that they would never be able to load the bullets into the magazine.

[flappist]

Originally Posted by xtremerus

If seniors have problems with the trigger be cause of arthritis, weakness etc, believe me that they would never be able to load the bullets into the magazine.

There are plenty of gizmos to help load mags without any pressure needed.

[xtremerus]

Originally Posted by flappist

There are plenty of gizmos to help load mags without any pressure needed.

Yes we know that, but the general public haven't a clue about firearms in general.

[ILLaViTaR]

Originally Posted by xtremerus

Yes we know that, but the general public haven't a clue about firearms in general.

What sort of ignorant reply is that???

[xtremerus]

Originally Posted by ILLaViTaR

What sort of ignorant reply is that???

What is the 'gizmo' then. ILLaVITaR?
The general public would not know what flappist is referring to.
That is the point I was making.
I was not trying to make an ignorant reply.

[George1861]

Originally Posted by flappist

There are plenty of gizmos to help load mags without any pressure needed.

Beretta makes small pistols with tip up barrels, just drop a round in!

[olfella]

Originally Posted by George1861

Beretta makes small pistols with tip up barrels, just drop a round in!

I hope it does not work in reverse... I can think of nothing worse than when it comes to crunch time and the projectile dribbles out of the barrel.

[wodahs]

i just wanta go over there for one of their sports firearms a little 50 cal will be just right i recon

oh and love ya coment olfella

Originally Posted by olfella

I hope it does not work in reverse... I can think of nothing worse than when it comes to crunch time and the projectile dribbles out of the barrel.

[George1861]

Originally Posted by olfella

I hope it does not work in reverse... I can think of nothing worse than when it comes to crunch time and the projectile dribbles out of the barrel.

Read about a fellow who went into a shop & said he needed ammo for his 22. Guy sold him a box & off he went, came back later & said the bullets were falling out of the barrel! Turns out he had a Glock Model 22 in .45ACP!

[olfella]

Originally Posted by xtremerus

If seniors have problems with the trigger be cause of arthritis, weakness etc, believe me that they would never be able to load the bullets into the magazine.

Just because we cant load them dont mean we cant use them and I hope they make one with more than one in the hole just in case we dont hit what we want with the first one...

[xtremerus]

HLC
The double stack mags seem to be worst. There's no disgrace in using the aids though.

[burnz]

can allso be good for euthanasia, that's medical.

[vanman_75]

gee i hope it don't got much kickback ,for an elderly person to have trouble with a hair trigger it would rip there bloody arm off!!!.only in America and free to top it off in their economic state .they deserve to go broke.