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This is so awesome.

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And here I read that thread title and thought "Starship Troopers got shotguns?!".

That thing, indeed, brings the awe, and literally some of it.

I'm worried about the inventor, though.
If it gets into the hands of some idiot juveniles who then hand it to their not-much-smarter offspring, because, heck, it looks like a toy so it's got to be harmless and wholesome, someone will take their eye out or at least cause some severe anguish of some sort or another. Heck, even the idiot juveniles themselves will manage to hurt themselves somehow without involving their offspring.
I do hope he puts in a proper disclaimer and does due diligence in discouraging sales to minors, otherwise he'll get sued to destruction.


NOTE: When I use the term "idiot juvenile" or the plural thereof, I'm referring to persons of any age who somehow managed to grow up without becoming sufficiently adult to handle a hammer safely, let alone this awesome majesty.

DerGolgo wrote:And here I read that thread title and thought "Starship Troopers got shotguns?!".

That thing, indeed, brings the awe, and literally some of it.

I'm worried about the inventor, though.
If it gets into the hands of some idiot juveniles who then hand it to their not-much-smarter offspring, because, heck, it looks like a toy so it's got to be harmless and wholesome, someone will take their eye out or at least cause some severe anguish of some sort or another. Heck, even the idiot juveniles themselves will manage to hurt themselves somehow without involving their offspring.
I do hope he puts in a proper disclaimer and does due diligence in discouraging sales to minors, otherwise he'll get sued to destruction.


NOTE: When I use the term "idiot juvenile" or the plural thereof, I'm referring to persons of any age who somehow managed to grow up without becoming sufficiently adult to handle a hammer safely, let alone this awesome majesty.

I dont know the FPS the Bug-A-Salt "fires" at, but I doubt that the kinetic energy is grater than a average air-soft gun. THey sell those damn things everywhere.

Want. And yes, it will die a miserable death due to some consumer group bitching about losing an eye.

damn nanny state

I had this great idea because I'm an artist, "so I went to China."

Fuck you, pal.

Sisyphus wrote:I had this great idea because I'm an artist, "so I went to China."

Fuck you, pal.

Where should he have gone? I agree it is sad , but seriously, where would one go? From what I've read, the ability to rapidly prototype and manufacture things there is pretty extraordinary.

It just makes me sad, is all. I wonder if he even tried to get something produced domestically.
He probably did, I would hope so, but just the way he said it so flippantly... It's depressing.

Consider what he was trying to make. A fairly cheap household appliance. There simply is no longer an industry in the USA that manufactures those domestically, is there? He could have had it made in the US if it was an actual weapon, blue steel and all that, but extrusion molded polymer and gaudy colors? Not so much. He lives in the USA, so whenever he encounters something of that nature, it is made in China. So even if a company still existed in the US that could design, prototype and eventually produce it, it wouldn't be part of his reality, so even trying to find that company wouldn't occur to be an option. It would be like looking desperately for the light switch even though a clapper might be present, but if you've never encountered a clapper before, you look for the light switch.

boiught one (two actually, Mrs Mk3 doesn't share well) so I'll give a rundown when it comes in.