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This is essentially an Uzi converted into a form factor than doesn’t look like a gun when folded up. It was designed by one Utah Connor in the early 1980s. Only a few complete guns were made before the registration of transferrable machine guns was closed in 1986, but Connor did make “about one hundred” receivers and register them before that date. The project stagnated for years...

Michael Shyne... was taken with the idea of completing the guns – but his attempts to buy either one gun or the complete project form Connor were rebuffed. Eventually Connor passed away, and the new owner of what turned out to be 76 remaining registered receivers was happy to sell the whole thing.

When Connor originally designed it, he included a handle and fake antenna to disguise it as a radio. By the time Shyne made the guns available commercially that sort of things was laughably outdated, and so he suggested that it could be disguised as a laptop battery or external hard drive – which are equally outdated today.

Ian's video: [17:42] https://youtu.be/zP3bTVlXYjo?si=

On the range: [3:17] https://youtu.be/2S_t5QWdk64?si=

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[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago

The foldability is a nice feature, but it's stupid to disguise it as tech. It's sufficient that it fits into a ladies purse, the bottom of a lunchbox or a drinking flask.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

drinking flask.

Only if you're Sam Riegel

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Some James Bond stuff right there.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.44d5a3b7cd0f39e1fbf48c20ab098d7a?rik=9XgN4PqhwUhf6Q&riu=http%3a%2f%2fflashbak.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2015%2f07%2fzerom3.jpg&ehk=U7OLOU7dUjfcfHwRwWSFiNECEZ0Rvrk0JDuIR%2bFPx04%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0

There was a whole line of these toys back in the Bond Era. I've seen the radio rifle and the camera pistol and have heard of other things like a pipe that fired darts. I'm sure that back in 1966 there was nothing suspicious about a nine yea old kid smoking a pipe.

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[-] blargbluuk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

This reminds me of the laptop gun from Perfect Dark

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Guitar cases. The Desperado films had the right idea.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Far less practical than just putting a Tommy gun into a violin case.

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