The Safety Bullet

[ETD1010]

I'm sorry, but a gun should be at the ready if you need it. If there are kids in the house, keep it in a small safe (like the gun vault) but adding things like this, to me, are false senses of safety. I think it's more dangerous with one of those inside. You should never assume that your gun is any safer with a bullet inside, then it is empty, or filled with some "fake" round.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

All I can say is "1997 called... they want their website back."

[Saym14]

call 1911....cocked and locked. its the only way to roll.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

Great solution for a nonexistent problem. Proper firearm handling and storage make the "Safety Bullet" completely unnecessary.

[Cyc Wid It]

does this turn into one of those "reaction" threads where you post a picture of your face when you saw this thing?

Not quite, but may I offer this:

[POLICESTATE]

This is the dumbest idea I have seen in a long time. I'm sure we can all be confident that a perp will patiently wait while you're fiddling around with your "Un**** Your Gun Rod" so you can shoot him.

Just dumb. There isn't an emote to show how dumb this is. Best I've got is

[caoboy]

Um...That's not how you are supposed to keep your gun 'safe' as per the Handgun Safety Certification!

[MikeWilliamson]

So, a kid messes with the gun, I don't know about it, I go to shoot, nothing happens.

So, I have to check the gun every night.

So, I have to train myself to cycle twice before shooting.

So, it reduces my mag capacity by two.

So, it fills my revolver with stuff that doesn't fire.

So, it costs money.

So, it substitutes a gadget for proper training.

So, once activated I have to shove something down the muzzle of a CHAMBERED gun (and I notice he didn't pull the mag before doing so, in his demo).

so, if my revolver is jammed, I have to hope it's actually one of these, and not a squib or an unseated round that could in theory fire while I'm poking at it.

So, it complicates my training drills.

So, you're relying on someone to know where to place it in the revolver so it falls under the hammer when they cycle. Someone who probably isn't real knowledgeable of guns.

OR....

I can just keep control of the gun, and train my kids properly, as I already have.

That way, the gun is always at hand when I need it, and if the kids have to defend themselves they know how, too.

But, if someone were to sneak into the house very soundly, get my gun and point it at my head, they'd be unable to shoot me and just have to club me to death.

Or, if they "took my gun away from me," I'd be safe, because they wouldn't know about the jamomatic.

Of course, they'd be more likely to "take my gun away from me" while I was fumbling with the jamomatic, and have a good chance of getting it just as I unjammed it and it became ready to fire.

On the positive side...

It might reduce accidental deaths of children by gunshot, which someone pointed out on THR is already lower than their chances of becoming SecGen of the UN.

And apparently when challenged on this, the designer wished a lethal accident on the correspondent.

But it might be worth buying ONE as a collector piece to be put in a museum later, whenever he has his going out of business sale.

[ireload]

I'll pass. If a kid or a BG gets a hold of your loaded gun inside your house then you have failed with your method of securing your gun. Common sense and proper training would be in order.

[sevensix2x51]

this is the coolest thing ive seen in a while. not in the sense of safety or intended market, but how frickin awesome would that be to slip into a mag and have your smart-aleck know-it-all range buddy try to clear that jam.

(disclaimer- firearms are not for horsing around. dont play pranks with guns. stay in school, kids.)

[mzimmers]

I normally try to keep an open mind about new products, but...this has LOSE written all over it. I had to read a few pages on the web site to even understand what they're trying to accomplish with this thing. The last thing I want in one of my guns is something that disables it when someone tries to use it. If you have to worry about adverse usage of your gun, then you're storing it wrong.

Somehow, though, I imagine that this is exactly the kind of moronic device that the government would find fantastic.

[PsychGuy274]

I think this might possibly be the stupidest thing I have ever seen. What ever happened to using your brain as a safety?

[Exile Machine]

I"m gonna pass on this one. Defensive weaponry needs to be at the ready. Not booby trapped. A gun jammed like this is just an expensive club. When the stress hits the fan, you're going to forget that you need to rack the slide twice and you'll jam your only hope of defending yourself, or maybe the bad guy has grabbed or injured your arm, and you can't rack the slide. Then you're back to the club.
-Mark

[swifty]

If the guy doing the demo was actually safety conscious, I might believe him more. Finger appears to be on the trigger almost all the time and he points the pistol at himself on a couple of occasions.

[Plisk]

Horrible idea. Bad product meant for idiots.

"Safest and easiest on the market"? BS! What about these?



This what I use, and it's done its job very well keeping prying hands off my weapon.