Who Thinks a Gun That Looks Like a Cellphone is a Good Idea?

Minnesota company Ideal Conceal has just come up with a handgun that is capable of folding up into an impostor cell phone.

The Ideal Conceal hand-cannon is a .380-caliber pistol and will be available sometime later this year.  The company is excited to market this gun to the public because, as it states on its website, it "will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight."

How comforting...

eye'm thynkin':  Does the world really need this?

What Could Possibly Go Wrong #1: Think of the number of children who are fascinated by guns and who are killed by guns left where they can find them.  Now think of the number of children who play with cell phones.

What Could Possibly Go Wrong #2:  When a police officer stops someone and that person pulls out a cellphone, how long is that officer supposed to wait to find out if his family is going to suffer a death by cellphone?

What Could Possibly Go Wrong #3:  Imagine you're at school, or church, or at the mall, or at your local farmer's market, or... and someone near you pulls out a cell phone.  Do you duck or die?

So I ask again, does the world really need this?

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