Firearms. Yea or Nay?

[Cinder & Smoke]

... how 'bout a gun as a medical device....

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16207

FDA approves handgun for the handicapped

Single-shot gun designed for those crippled by arthritis,
muscular dystrophy ...


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted 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 — as 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.
Thanks to the gun's designation as a medical device,
doctors could eventually write prescriptions for it and then be reimbursed by Medicare.

Full Article at >>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28116693/

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FDA nixes proposed ‘prescription pistol’

By The AP:
WASHINGTON - It could have been the world's first prescription pistol.
The single-bullet Palm Pistol set the Internet abuzz with speculation that Medicare
might even pay for the elderly and disabled to pack heat.
But on Monday the Food and Drug Administration said the Palm Pistol
doesn't have a shot of being listed as a medical device, and
revoked the registration issued to its inventor only last week.
"The FDA has determined the product is not a medical device," the agency said in a statement.
... FDA spokeswoman Siobhan DeLancey said Carmel apparently
got some bad advice from a representative of the agency.
And maybe he should have paid more attention to the fine print on the registration notice.
It said: "Registering ... does not, in any way,
constitute FDA approval of your facility or your devices."
An earlier version of this article reported that the FDA had accepted the Palm Pistol
as a medical device, based on last week's registration.
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Granny, how far can you toss a Hand Grenade?