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Prescription Handguns For the Elderly and Disabled

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-two-bullets-and-call-me-in-the-morning dept.

Repton writes "Thanks to the Second Amendment, even the elderly have the right to keep and bear arms. The problem is that many of the guns out there are a bit unwieldy for an older person to handle. However, the inventors of the Palm Pistol are planning to change all that with a weapon that is ideal for both the elderly and the physically disabled. In a statement submitted to Medgadget, the manufacturer, Constitution Arms, has revealed the following: 'We thought you might be interested to learn that the FDA has completed its "Device/Not a Device" determination and concluded the handgun will be listed as a Class I Medical Device.' Physicians will be able to prescribe the Palm Pistol for qualified patients who may seek reimbursement through Medicare or private health insurance companies."

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  1. God, please let this be true. by Lord+Kano · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to see liberals' heads explode when they realize that Socialized medicine is being used to buy people guns.

    LK

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    1. Re:God, please let this be true. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

      Uh, you consider this a conservative victory?

      I don't really consider myself a conservative any more these days. Mind you I support this policy because it's so batshit insane it's got a certain charm. From an economic point it's quite rational too, patients with gunshot injuries are much cheaper to treat than patients who stayed unshot long enough to get a serious (and hard to treat) illness. Come to think of it from an economic point of view there's an argument for handing military grade assault weapons or sawn off shotguns - that way the injuries would be untreatable. Untreatable injuries are cost effective from a medical economics point of view. Hell you could just stop sending ambulances.

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    2. Re:God, please let this be true. by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

      There might also be a few that want to see fewer elderly citizens forced to live in homeless shelters, and a few more who support it because most people who are thinking clearly do too.

      But then they wouldn't be conservatives.

  2. The perfect weapon for the elderly ....... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is a 6 gauge sawed back to 5". You don't have to aim it so eye sight isn't an issue and the sound shouldn't be a problem for the hard of hearing. Recoil is a bit of a problem but if they hold on tight the recoil should rocket them to safety.