Gun looks just like a Samsung Galaxy 7 & it's legal. What could possibly go wrong?!?

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This disgusting little gun is designed to look just like a smartphone, and somehow, it's legal

Jessica Sutherland
Daily Kos Staff

The inventors of the Ideal Conceal have a beer that needs holding. Created and produced by real ‘Mericans in Monticello, Minnesota, the Ideal Conceal looks just like a Samsung Galaxy 7 knockoff—until you press a couple buttons on the side and it folds out into a two-bullet, .380 caliber killing machine. Hooray!

The folks behind this completely brilliant idea (that couldn’t possibly lead to anything bad happening ever) claim to have only the purest of intentions.

In a world where cops are shooting unarmed citizens to death because they can’t tell the difference between a cell phone and a gun, it seems obvious that the world doesn’t need a gun that looks like a smartphone on purpose, right?

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Those Debbie Downers are obviously who Ideal Conceal founder and creator Kirk Kjellberg had in mind when he first came up with this completely not dangerous idea.

I was doing the “right things” to carry my Colt Mustang by covering it up with a jacket. However, the jacket got caught up on the pistol when I stood up and a young boy saw that I had a gun and made a bit of a scene. I figured there just had to be a better way. When I sat back down again I noticed everyone on their phone out and decided on that shape.

That little boy sounds like a real jerk, doesn’t he, causing a scene like that for poor Kirk?

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[RockRaven]

1. I hope it goes off in the pockets of anyone who buys one

and no *bystanders* are injured

[Marengo]

8. You wish the carrier to be injured?

[el_bryanto]

2. They can pretend whatever they like, that is a straight up murder weapon.

I love James Bond, but that sort of the gun in the hands of anybody else, is just a huge problem.

James Bond can have one because, as a fictional being, I don't have to worry about him shooting it off in the real world.

Bryant

[hunter]

3. Problem: Cops shoot black guy holding cell phone.

Solution: Manufacture an alibi for cops.

"It could have been a gun!"

I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly where the idea came from.

[NCTraveler]

5. My first thought as well. +1 nt

[gratuitous]

6. Golly, I wonder if that occurred to the Ideal Conceal folks?

"Whoa, think of all the innocent people who would get shot because this is on the market. Maybe we should reconsider?"

"No, this is a genius idea! We'll make millions!"

[NCTraveler]

4. Not that they need one.

But this is a get out of jail free card for cops.

[average_mo_dem]

7. .380 is a good caliber for a two shot

[LanternWaste]

9. is your tangent merely a metaphorical primer-gray pick-up truck on blocks?

No doubt, you're aware the physics and mechanics are at best, irrelevant to the story and the OP, yes?

Or is your tangent merely a metaphorical primer-gray pick-up truck on blocks?

[average_mo_dem]

10. The story is about a legal firearm

The OP is misguided and based in unjustified fear.
The .380 is very popular with this size of firearm and accidental discharges are rare.

Your racist stereotype is noted.

[NickB79]

12. Just because it is legal doesn't mean it isn't also stupid

And this is incredibly stupid.

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13. You do know how many minorities are killed by police while holding cellphones, don't you?

And I am NOT "misguided", and this is NOT an "unjustified fear." Who the hell are you to know what's in my mind? I am a gun owner, my dad was a cop for 30 years. He taught me shoot when I was 8 years old. I know a clusterfuck when I see one.

Next time you lamely attempt to "analyze" the motives of an OP, I suggest you have the faintest goddamned idea of what you're talking about. Thank you.

[average_mo_dem]

14. Your OP suggests that you fear the misuse of the firearm in a what-if situation

and your reasoning is based on a rare what-if situation where you presume to know the ineptness and intention of two separate people who you have placed in a situation of your own imagining.

Add that to the fact that there are already firearms out there that resemble this one when unfolded, and I believe that I have provided the perfect summation of your OP.

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15. Your response makes no sense at all. Have a nice day, 13 posts.

Your responses are trollish and rude. It's not a good start for someone who has been on DU for less than a week.

[TheSmarterDog]

16. It's not a "what-if" when it happens every other week.

[average_mo_dem]

17. People are shot every other week simply for pointing a cellphone at a police officer

[MyNameGoesHere]

11. Oh my, can't wait for the cave mushrooms to gunsplain this one