Texas flashlight

erosvamp · Post by **erosvamp** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:35 pm

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:50 pm

Oh, it's a gun.

YAWN.

MagnusTheBuilder · Post by **MagnusTheBuilder** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:50 pm

Admittedly quite cool, but if you are 'going out for a walk' where something is going to get 'nasty' enough that you would need something like this... FUCKING MOVE!

erosvamp · Post by **erosvamp** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:53 pm

I'm normally not a fan of guns... I however love flashlights.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:07 pm

erosvamp wrote:I'm normally not a fan of guns... I however love flashlights.

It's not a very good flashlight, though. I was looking at it, thinking it had some huge battery pack and would put out a very very bright light or a normal amount of light, but would last for days and days. Instead, it's just a gun. Not nearly as useful as a very bright light that lasts a long time. In fact, I'm pretty sure my mini Maglite works better...

piccini9 · Post by **piccini9** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:19 pm

I've seen this before, and all I can think is, right around :35 in, he points the gun right at his own chest.

Just bad gun handling in my opinion. I'd rather have a FiveseveN, or a Kahr.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:09 pm

piccini9 wrote:I'd rather have ... a Kahr.

Aren't you afraid some unicorns might take it?

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:11 pm

Nice to see the inventive spirit of good, honest Americans is being spent on things that solve problems and help society at large.

Fucking retarded. Paranoid.

roadmissile · Post by **roadmissile** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:12 am

What the fuck, I thought we decided we like guns at the last meeting?

This is just a prototype put together by a little company here in Colorado, and when they're not making modern versions of funny little cold war era gadgets they make exceptional products.

More than that anyone that knows anything about firearms would happily tell you that this product is in no way legal for your average citizen to own.

Possible markets for such a device are mostly limited to armed professionals in the security sector and government agencies, and as these have no shortage of weapons to choose from, this will almost certainly never get out of the prototype stage.

And for the record the only place your maglite beats that flashlight is in price.

/RM

rc26 · Post by **rc26** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:15 am

Shit, we don't get to use our nuclear weapons...so, we need new innovations in weapons to keep everyone busy!

Christ, what's wrong with you people?

wheezy e · Post by **wheezy e** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:53 am

How to improve upon the flashlight: make it kill people.
I fully stand behind this sentiment, however I agree that a handgun is more appropriate for a lovely afternoon stroll.

Folding up small is neat-o, but unless you're James Bond & really require such things the ability to fold up real small is probably a liability rather than an asset. In other words, if you had to use the thing you'd be better off with a gun that's just a gun. And if it's folded up and you need it quick, you're fucked.

If my neighborhood strolls require a high capacity semi-auto rifle but I want it compact I'd go bullpup:

SomeMook · Post by **SomeMook** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:03 am

wheezy e wrote:How to improve upon the flashlight: make it kill people.
I fully stand behind this sentiment, however I agree that a handgun is more appropriate for a lovely afternoon stroll.

If you're strolling through Sadr City.

FastCat · Post by **FastCat** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:00 am

MagnusTheBuilder wrote:Admittedly quite cool, but if you are 'going out for a walk' where something is going to get 'nasty' enough that you would need something like this... FUCKING MOVE!

No shit.

Just another good reason NOT to live in Texas if ya ask me.

...and people say that the neighborhood that I live in is scary, sheesh. I have *NEVER* felt the need to bring a firearm along for an evening walk-around-the-block. ...much less a forking MACHINE GUN.

roadmissile · Post by **roadmissile** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:08 am

rc26, why would you think nuclear weapons would render small arms obsolete?

FastCat wrote:Just another good reason NOT to live in Texas if ya ask me.

Except as stated the company is located in Colorado, which is really quite nice although the law enforcement can be a bit overzealous.

BDB, important to remember that the kel-tecs have a barrel over sixteen inches, for a common citizen to own one in most states they need only pony up the cash, whereas this gun would either require approval from the ATF and a two hundred dollar tax stamp or fitting it with a barrel over sixteen inches, so you suddenly have a flippy foldy flashlight gun with a big-ass length of barrel hanging out the front, regardless of the presence of an auto-sear, which would make it completely illegal for a citizen to own.

wheezy, I like that p90 too, but it suffers from the same problem of ATF approval unless you opt for the longer barreled ps90, I've always thought those would make good weapons for those of us facing the apocalypse on motorcycles...

/RM

roadmissile · Post by **roadmissile** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:34 am

BackDoorBarbie wrote:you know, i forgot to take into consideration the length. fair enough. you are correct, in order for one of these to be easy to purchase that will need to be taken into consideration... a 16" flashlight is a bit too big... but then again, if they DID make it 16" i bet they could fit the dog leash in it.

So I'm thinking, build it to a 16 inch barrel, add more plastic to the front that includes a laser that comes on when you flip it to gun mode and under that a retractable dog leash with the switch relocated to the handle?

Or maybe we could just get the guns from fifth element...

/RM

Pattio · Post by **Pattio** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:40 am

BackDoorBarbie wrote:
roadmissile wrote:
Or maybe we could just get the guns from fifth element...

/RM
yeah, i think that would work. perhaps with the extra space the grip could come out a bit smoother, too... or they could just add a flame thrower

This device should snap into the back of a Honda Element. The family protection module. Flashlight, campfire starter, dog-leash and firearm (some restrictions apply) in one handy device!

erosvamp · Post by **erosvamp** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:43 am

Pattio wrote:
BackDoorBarbie wrote:
roadmissile wrote:
Or maybe we could just get the guns from fifth element...

/RM
yeah, i think that would work. perhaps with the extra space the grip could come out a bit smoother, too... or they could just add a flame thrower
This device should snap into the back of a Honda Element. The family protection module. Flashlight, campfire starter, dog-leash and firearm (some restrictions apply) in one handy device!

I want a Honda Element!!!! This would go get with that car.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:23 pm

roadmissile wrote:What the fuck, I thought we decided we like guns at the last meeting?

Oh, I like guns just fine, it's the gun fetishists that bother me.

And for the record the only place your maglite beats that flashlight is in price.

/RM

How do you figure? I have no way of knowing how long the batteries last, but the light portion of that contraption didn't seem too bright...

roadmissile · Post by **roadmissile** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:08 pm

guitargeek wrote:
And for the record the only place your maglite beats that flashlight is in price.

/RM
How do you figure? I have no way of knowing how long the batteries last, but the light portion of that contraption didn't seem too bright...

This is the light used in the video: http://www.insightlights.com/products-m3.htm

It won't run for days, but it outputs 90 lumen, which is enough to temporarily blind a person that's attempting to shoot you, and it will output that kind of light for a full hour of use in a very compact package that's probably a bit over-designed to be durable.

The video really doesn't do it justice.

/RM

wheezy e · Post by **wheezy e** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:26 am

Shouldn't they call that contraption the "Sinai Flashlight" or "Bogota Secret Lantern of Death"? In Texas isn't it fashionable to carry a large Texas sized gun anyhow?

roadmissile · Post by **roadmissile** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:53 am

Why is everyone so stuck on Texas? This gun was made in the land of Ragnarok.

/RM

PS: Fuck Texas

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