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Liberal_in_LA

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Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:58 AM Mar 2016

Gun shaped like smartphone allows firearm owners to ‘carry your pistol with you on any occasion’ [View all]

Source: Nydaily

new two-shot handgun made to look like a smartphone will help owners of the .380-caliber gun pack heat “on any occasion,” according to its inventors.

The Ideal Conceal pistol, which is slated to go on sale for $395 later this year, allows its owner to “carry with confidence, conceal in style,” the Minnesota startup’s website reads. The product could be seen on the site with an unfolding handle revealing a trigger and muzzles for the bullets where earphones would usually plug in.

Ideal Conceal CEO Kirk Kjellberg told the Daily News the lightweight invention aids gun owners hoping to avoid a Second Amendment debate.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/smartphone-shaped-gun-helps-owners-carry-occasion-article-1.2580536



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Perfect! Just what everybody needs. MOAR GUNZ!!! longship Mar 2016 #1
paranoid cowards Skittles Mar 2016 #2
GOP convention? keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #3
Yup yup! Helen Borg Mar 2016 #23
these types of firearms aren't new beergood Mar 2016 #4
Cellphone guns? Been around for over a decade. DRoseDARs Mar 2016 #5
Should they EVER catch one of these at airports.... Hulk Mar 2016 #6
Thus giving cops the right to shoot anyone with a phone. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #7
that was my first reaction to this. olddad56 Mar 2016 #8
They already do that. nt Lucky Luciano Mar 2016 #14
Just black folks, naturally... Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #39
From smart phone to dumb gun. C Moon Mar 2016 #9
Huh... davidthegnome Mar 2016 #10
That's a great idea! Turbineguy Mar 2016 #11
How can I say it politely? ... It's cheaper than buying a big sports-car. DetlefK Mar 2016 #12
Small dick syndrome? Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #49
Now cops will justify shooting anyone with a smartphone. Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #13
police already shoot people with 'something' in their hand Sunlei Mar 2016 #15
+1 FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #26
Wear them on a lanyard around your neck. bemildred Mar 2016 #16
"Please put electronic devices in airplane mode and unload until the pilot turns off the sign" Sancho Mar 2016 #17
LOL moonbabygo Mar 2016 #18
you'll shoot your eye out kid Locrian Mar 2016 #19
The newest coolest way to shoot your mouth off! Ford_Prefect Mar 2016 #20
Outstanding observation. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2016 #47
This is not a good idea! romanic Mar 2016 #21
My LCP and a pocket holster works much better. ileus Mar 2016 #22
Thanks for the tip, but most of us don't need a gun in our pocket, or want one in Hoyt Mar 2016 #31
This should be illegal. A gun should look like a gun. Vinca Mar 2016 #24
Excellent point! FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #25
There will be blood on their hands. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #27
what could POSSIBLY go wrong??? Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #28
How many kids are going to be playing in mommy' purse to play games on her phone Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #29
They should make one shaped like a dick. Darb Mar 2016 #30
The Bundy militia would love it. keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #41
Clearly, This Is What The Framers Envisioned ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #32
I'm curious what the CEO means, exactly, by this quote: kentauros Mar 2016 #33
I don't think they're going to sell a whole lot of these. JoeyT Mar 2016 #34
Perhaps, but enough idiots are going to want them to make it a dangerous situation for vkkv Mar 2016 #43
To be honest, they're less dangerous than a regular gun. JoeyT Mar 2016 #45
Geeez, where did I say I-Guns were MORE dangerous? Don't put words in my mouth or vkkv Mar 2016 #46
I was actually agreeing with you. JoeyT Mar 2016 #48
Much ado aout nothing... mark67 Mar 2016 #35
I'm actually more worried about hand guns in the hands of emotionally unstable people - this MillennialDem Mar 2016 #36
Weapons that aren't very accurate Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #38
Coming soon to every venue where firearms are currently prohibited. Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #37
So Now When RobinA Mar 2016 #40
Shouldn't these be ILLEGAL? Come on Congress vkkv Mar 2016 #42
Well, if they'd put the gun in one of THESE phones alcina Mar 2016 #44
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