Hedy Lamarr's invention was more than mere eavesdropping prevention, it was an extremely clever signal intercept prevention system of fast and seemingly random frequency shifting.
The military used it for free because Lamarr did not want to be compensated for her patriotic contribution to the war effort.
When the system was used with encryption and "burst" transmissions technology it was almost impossible to triangulate the transmission source or copy the whole message.
Recoil from a .45 ACP standard 230 grain round is pretty substantial. It looks to me like the pistol is loaded with blanks. That would require a slight modification to the gun (although that is not difficult).
To me, this toy is less frightening than a teenager with a drivers license or someone near me with a power tool.
I'm surprised so few are outraged, as I am, at this stupid waste of money. How many tens of thousands of dollars are going to be wasted voting on this trivial and unproductive attempt at political humor?
San Francisco (my teh city) is broke and burning millions a week on b.s., they don't need this, too.
@ K!P - I suggested a comparison to Europe because the population numbers are closer than comparing to Great Britain.
There tend to be huge cultural differences comparing America to anyone else.
Also, comparisons on a larger scale seem more illustrative than just looking at this month, or last years crime rates.
Compare Europe to the US over the whole 20th century and blips in local crime don't matter so much. Of course, periods of open warfare have to be ignored for fairness.
Quoting "facts" that have been shown to false doesn't prove your side is right. That "gun in the home is more dangerous to you than others" is BS.
The murder rate in the United States is higher than some countries, not all. Instead of comparing the US to little Britain or Japan, compare the US to Europe, or Russia. You may be very surprised. And Canada just doesn't count, they're so damned polite :)
Canada had almost no gun control until recently and their crime problems are rising, btw.
Not to quibble, but the AR-15 is not an assault rifle, it's a semi-automatic loader. The M-16 is an assault rifle because it can fire more than one round with one trigger pull, like a machinegun.
These Hello Kitty guns are real. The first one I saw was made by a loving father for his daughter, she loved it!
For Mark - “The gun that Lee Harvey Oswald [wiki] allegedly used to assassinate President John F. Kennedy…â€
There is still some question as to whether that rifle was used to assassinate Kennedy. That Mannlicher-Carcano is one of the worst rifles ever built, most were damaged by sabotage during WWII and no one was ever able to replicate the assassination with that particular long gun.
Its a retention device for lifting (or lowering) cylindercal objects like pipes with one rope or cable. It goes in the cylinder, spread the tangs, rope or hook goes in the eyelet.
The military used it for free because Lamarr did not want to be compensated for her patriotic contribution to the war effort.
When the system was used with encryption and "burst" transmissions technology it was almost impossible to triangulate the transmission source or copy the whole message.
To me, this toy is less frightening than a teenager with a drivers license or someone near me with a power tool.
Unfortunately, defenseless is rarely the same as safe.
San Francisco (my teh city) is broke and burning millions a week on b.s., they don't need this, too.
Guns are tools. Only people are bad, mkay?
There tend to be huge cultural differences comparing America to anyone else.
Also, comparisons on a larger scale seem more illustrative than just looking at this month, or last years crime rates.
Compare Europe to the US over the whole 20th century and blips in local crime don't matter so much. Of course, periods of open warfare have to be ignored for fairness.
The murder rate in the United States is higher than some countries, not all. Instead of comparing the US to little Britain or Japan, compare the US to Europe, or Russia. You may be very surprised. And Canada just doesn't count, they're so damned polite :)
Canada had almost no gun control until recently and their crime problems are rising, btw.
These Hello Kitty guns are real. The first one I saw was made by a loving father for his daughter, she loved it!
There is still some question as to whether that rifle was used to assassinate Kennedy. That Mannlicher-Carcano is one of the worst rifles ever built, most were damaged by sabotage during WWII and no one was ever able to replicate the assassination with that particular long gun.
The tool does not make the decision, the person did the killing.