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July 2008
Received a nice email from a new friend from Paraguay, located in the middle of South America. Fernando was sharing his shooting experiences and sport with me - and told me this interesting piece of information. Allow me to quote Fernando:- 'I normally shoot people - mostly women- free of charge how to use firearms for self defense...' Well, that's very interesting! Most people I know tend to shoot possums, rabbits or even deer - but this is my first friend who shoots women for fun - and free of charge!!! (I think he meant to say 'I usually TEACH people... :-)
Nice to hear from you Fernando, and keep up the good work. Roger
The TASER XREP – the eXtended Range Electronic Projectile - is a self-contained, wireless projectile that fires from a standard 12-gauge shotgun. It delivers the same Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) bio-effect as our handheld TASER X26, but can be delivered to a distance of up to 100 feet, combining blunt impact with field proven TASER NMI.
The core technology that made the XREP possible is the XREP engine. A stunning engineering achievement, the XREP Engine provides the same bio-effect as our field proven X26, but from an electronics package that weighs only 2.4 grams and consumes less than one tenth of a cubic inch. In order to achieve a wireless projectile, the battery is fully integrated into the chassis and autonomously provides the power to drive the XREP engine for its full 20-second cycle.
(New York - WABC, October 4, 2006) - Cops in New York are on alert for the world's smallest gun -- just 2.5 inches long -- and small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and on a k ey chain.
Now, federal agents and the NYPD have serious concerns about a gun that can be so easily concealed.
The pictures of the gun are seen on the Internet -- a gun so small that it fits into the palm of your hand. And while its firing power may be minuscule, the ability to conceal the gun is what concerns security experts the most.
Law enforcement in Virginia stumbled upon the Web site of the weapon, called a Swiss Mini gun, about seven months ago. Memos and alerts throughout the ATF and the NYPD followed, as recently as this week, urging officers to be more vigilant out on the streets and certainly anywhere there's a metal detector.
"This is something that could be tossed into a bin if you're going through an airport or a security checkpoint ..." David Harville, of Criterion Strategies Inc., said.
Although the gun is so small, experts say the ammunition would have to be tiny. For example, a paint ball carries 15 times the energy when fired.
"It's more a novelty I think than an intent on it being a weapon used for a threat," Harville said.
Still, the mini gun could be missed, especially in the airport when thrown in with key chains, pens and cell phones. By the way, alerts about those have gone out this year as well. A pen we found is actually a .22 caliber gun and another weapon we uncovered looks exactly like a cell phone.
"It doesn't just have to be the airport, it could be anywhere. It's a firearm and it's here. And in the wrong hands, it could be deadly," Harville adds.
None of the Swiss Mini guns have been recovered in the United States. It is illegal to have them here, but what they lack in size, they make up for in price. We're told the cost of one is around $5,000 dollars.
SureSight (manufactured in LA) is aimed by aligning the front and rear sights so that they form a triangle.
SureSight's distinctive triangular shape
capitalizes on an inborn skill all humans possess called "closure", one of
the "Gestalt Principles of Perceptual Organization". This means that all
humans are born with the ability to complete shapes.
.22 single shot Pen Guns
Would you believe, a knife pistol!
How about a cell-phone gun!
No wonder customs security have been stepped up.