The National Interest recently profiled the latest firearm which is pushing the limits in terms of size and technology — except this isn't a "big gun" — but quite the opposite. A North Carolina company has produced and is currently selling a single-shot "credit card gun" which fits into a wallet, and which can be neatly tucked away in a person's back pocket.
A military analyst writing for The National Interest describes the gun, called the "LifeCard," as "a single-shot, single-action .22 designed to resemble an innocuous credit card."
The credit-card sized pistol was "fashioned from lightweight anodized aluminum with a steel trigger and tilt-up barrel" which enables "the 7 oz. pistol folds up into a 3.375 inch by 2.215 inch card that, despite its half-inch thickness, can fit with relative ease inside your back pocket or average wallet."
It was developed by a North Carolina-based company Trailblazer Firearm, and has enough ammo storage for four rounds.
“Trailblazer Firearms fully intends to spearhead innovative new firearms products starting with the LifeCard, available later this month,” Trailblazer president Aaron Voight said in a statement. “New designs and true innovation have been the exception and our goal is to be the pioneer laying new trails for gun enthusiasts, designers, and manufacturers.”
Though the tiny weapon, which is being compared to the turn-of-the-century Chicago palm pistol, was first unveiled in 2017, it is only recently picking up visibility in the media as the popularity of the weapon grows. According to the National Interest the gun has been deemed in compliance with the American National Firearms Act given that it's incapable of firing when folded.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-03/gun-capable-fitting-wallet-being-sold-american-arms-company
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[–] SmokeyMeadow ago
My uncle has one of these. He's a Liberal, and fiercely anti-gun, and yet he has a permit to conceal carry the thing. Since he works in the psychiatric industry, he's convinced that a crazy person is going to come after him. I don't have the heart to tell him that if a real deal psychopath was charging, a single shot .22 is going to do two things: Jack and shit.
[–] avgwhtguy1 ago
Especially in his wallet
[–] Smo-Guiver [S] ago
That's pretty funny. It would have to be a relatively well placed shot, at close range. Hopefully, he has actually practiced with it at a range. That's a lot of dough, and trouble, to warrant carrying something of such dubious self-defense value. I have, however, taken a racoon out of tree with just a .22 short, from a rifle. It was coming in at night to take chickens out of my coop and I wanted to use something quiet, to avoid disturbing the neighbors in the middle of the night. It worked.
[–] SmokeyMeadow ago
Even practicing at the range won't do much to prepare for the adrenaline rush of a real life psychopath confrontation, and having to open this thing up before it can even fire. Imagine fumbling to get it out of your pocket, with some nut closing in on you. There's really no way to draw it quickly. Then you've got your one shot. Better make it count. Better hope you had the gun loaded in advance.
What he needs is something with some stopping power, if he's concerned about getting jumped. Ideally, something with some scaring power. Pulling a tiny gun out of a leatherman case is just going to make most hoods laugh. The makers of this weapon say up front that it's only intended as a hold out pistol. Something to draw if your primary and secondary carry weapons are both empty, and there aren't any big rocks nearby you can throw.