Interesting weapons
The Illinois Council of Police has this interesting safety handbook which has some fairly creative weapons, like flare guns converted to shoot shells, knives in phones, etc. I wonder how often the average policeman runs across stuff like that?
May 9th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Were they high when they wrote some of these descriptions? Page 10 shows a keyring gun. Barrel approximately 1.5 inches… “The firearm uses .32 automatic rounds and has an accuracy range of about 2600 ft.”
2600 feet?….
May 9th, 2011 at 9:52 am
“I wonder how often the average policeman runs across stuff like that?”
Only when making the next annual budget.
May 9th, 2011 at 10:25 am
Average policeman, probably not so much. Jailers and prison guards, a lot. Just about any prison you visit will have a great collection of improvised weapons.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:29 am
The handbook included web addresses where most of these things could be obtained. It’s either tongue-in-cheek, a sting, or total stupidity.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:37 am
I tried to see if the company that made the black powder credit card gun still made them, but unfortunately, no. It is an AOW, which means at least a cheap tax stamp.
May 9th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
That site has a VPC level of PSH. I mean, freaking out over an AR-7 and then saying that it shoots .22 Shorts? Come on!
May 9th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
IS this the same police organization that prepared a “self defense” list for women to protect themselves against rapists and muggers, and included suggestions like sticking one’s finger down one’s throat to induce vomiting to stop a rape, but which included nothing at all about self defense with firearms?
May 9th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
So… the pdf in the link was almost like a shopping list to me. All kinds of “ooh” and “aah”!
May 9th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Converting a flare gun to shoot shotshells, esp. the cheap plastic ones available at Wally-world, is a great way to end up with a face full of flare gun parts. People have died from such stupidity. Shouldn’t teh ICP be held liable for future injuries of this sort, since they have publicized the practice?
May 9th, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Byran S, the credit card shot gun was a muzzle loader so it didn’t count as a AOW, it wasn’t even a firearm according to federal law.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
No wonder so many cops these days seem paranoid about contact with anyone — with crap like that circulating departments, they probably think everyone’s out to get them.
May 10th, 2011 at 1:38 am
Good job releasing a file with a phone number in it for the NFA Information Branch and then saying: “This number is for use by law enforcement only, do not release it to the general public.”
haha, woopsy!