WTF Minnesota??? You Can Now Buy A Gun That Looks Like An iPhone

[SoCalDem]

https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/you-can-now-buy-a-gun-that-looks-like-an-iphone/


Just when you thought the world wasn’t dangerous enough already, someone has decided to invent a gun that looks exactly like a smartphone.

Yeah, really. Minnesota-based manufacturer Ideal Conceal have made a double-barrelled pistol, which can carry two bullets and even has laser sights.

The .380 calibre handgun can be folded up to look like your bog-standard smartphone and is expected to go on sale in the U.S. in the coming months, Business Insider UK reports.

According to its manufacturer, it has been designed to ‘hide in plain sight’ and easily fits into a purse or back pocket, making it ‘virtually undetectable’. Terrifying, basically.

On their website, it says:

The idea for Ideal Conceal follows the present-day demand for handguns that people can carry on a day to day basis, in a manner that makes carrying a gun easy to do. From soccer moms to professionals of every type, this gun allows you the option of not being a victim. European police have now been warned to remain vigilant as it’s expected to be imported illegally into the continent after its release.

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[USALiberal]

1. More excuses for cops to shoot you. Nt

[gratuitous]

8. Not me, I'm white

But yeah, "We thought he had a gun" will be the excuse for the next wave of police shootings of black men going about their business while holding a cell phone.

[struggle4progress]

2. "Let's make it easier for everyone to legally shoot people who have phones"

[JonLP24]

3. Just gives cops another reason to shoot people carrying cell phones

[hunter]

4. What next? Hand grenades and other explosives?

You never know when you might want to blow something up.

[IronLionZion]

5. If a cop is shooting someone and a bystander pulls out a phone to record it

they'll shoot the bystander too, just in case. And shoot anyone else who might have a phone, because it might be a gun.

And guns have made it through TSA security screening onto planes several times, so this phone design makes it that much easier to slip through in a bag or something.

[TDale313]

6. I see I'm not the only one who

Thought this would increase the risk of police shootings. Now even if they can tell it looks like a phone... well, is it really a phone? This is just a horrible idea on so many levels.

[Yavin4]

7. How many people will blow their heads off

thinking that they're answering a call.

[NotASurfer]

9. Can we just require all civilian, non-police handguns to look like giant penises?

They're basically compensating for other shortcomings anyway. If it's a personal weapon and you have no job-related reason for carrying, I say design them to resemble dildos and require a firm but gentle squeeze to fire off a round

I don't see embarrassment as any infringement of the right to bear arms