A Handgun for the Handicapped

Illustration of the Palm Pistol

“The developers of a conceptual, ergonomic 9mm handgun — designed for people crippled by arthritis, muscular dystrophy, or similar conditions that render them too weak to operate normal handguns — hope it will eventually be considered a Class 1 Medical Device. The single-shot gun, dubbed the Palm Pistol, is “an adaptive tool that allows someone otherwise incapable of handling a revolver or semiautomatic weapon to operate one,” said Matthew Carmel of Constitution Arms, the New Jersey-based company developing the gun.

If the gun were designated as a medical device, doctors could eventually write prescriptions for it and then be reimbursed by Medicare. The proposed Daily Activity Assist Device would be symmetrical, ambidextrous, and made largely of stainless steel. For the gun to be fired, two mechanical safeties must be depressed with the fingers on either side of the barrel before the trigger, located on the top and bottom of the gun, is pressed by the thumb. A three-digit combination lock is set opposite to the loading button to help prevent accidental discharge.

The Palm Pistol would hold a single cartridge, loaded by pressing a button in the middle of the combined stock and receiver, which swings to the side. “A single shot means it’s clearly for self-defense,” said Carmel. Depending on sales of the single-shot version, he says a multiple-shot version could be possible.”

(via Discovery.com)

4 Comments

  1. I guess the lesson here is that it’s never a joke. I heard about this in a bar 2 nights ago and assumed the young lady in question was just fucking with me. If it’s too stupid to be real, it’s definitely true.

  2. I have to wonder how many doctors would dare to arm their patients and, if they do, how many guns will be used to shoot doctors. There’s no question, though, that street criminals will tend to target the helpless, but somehow, this doesn’t sound like something that will produce an increase in good outcomes.

  3. If you miss you’re pretty much fucked then.

  4. Considering that there are able-bodied people who have guns, and many who own one and don’t even know how to use it, I’m okay with this. The disabled and elderly are easy targets. You hurt or kill someone, whether disabled or not, and you pay the consequences. What I don’t agree with is labeling it as a “medical device”, when it clearly isn’t one, and having Medicare foot the bill.

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