From the opposite point of view.... The elderly and disabled are a hell of a lot less able to defend themselves then young, healthy people and consequently are more likely to be singled out for attack. For a while I figured I could use my cane, now I can't even hold that well enough to figure I would still have a hold of it if I managed to hit someone with it. Personally, I wonder how hard you have to squeeze to make it work.
my guess from the picture is that you have to apply pressure to all three points, not a lot of pressure to one point like on a conventional handgun. Makes it easier to squeeze, but keeps it from accidental firing by brushing against a button.
"Produced, the cops had pointed out, by a Russian-made device that was hardly more than a cartridge, a tube to contain it, and the simplest possible firing mechanism; these were designed with suicide almost exclusively in mind; there was no way to aim them at anything more than two inches away. Laney had heard of them, but had never seen one before; for some reason, they were called Wednesday Night Specials."
I read both those trilogies so mixed up, so far apart, and interspersed by so many other books that I didn't know they were actually trilogies until long after I was done with them, much less remember that part. I was just making the joke that old people don't like being out past three.
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Date: 2008-12-06 01:07 am (UTC)It'll fail to stop a threat effectively, thereby making situations much much worse.
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Date: 2008-12-07 04:07 am (UTC)"Produced, the cops had pointed out, by a Russian-made device that was hardly more than a cartridge, a tube to contain it, and the simplest possible firing mechanism; these were designed with suicide almost exclusively in mind; there was no way to aim them at anything more than two inches away. Laney had heard of them, but had never seen one before; for some reason, they were called Wednesday Night Specials."
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