Gun marketed as medical device for the elderly

[Skunk]

NEW 3:03PM Monday Dec 08, 2008
A US 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 US$300 ($570) 9mm handgun will be reimbursed by the federal government in the US, magazine New Scientist reported today.

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.

Really...

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said the gun was "something that they need to assist them in daily living".
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O...K... Do they also get a magnifying glass attached to the sites, just to help make sure they are shooting the right person?

[wbks]

Haha A pistol for day to day life? Old people shouldn't be living in lower class L.A!