Behavior Modification Device For Handguns

[SkunkApe]

http://www.invention.com/midgley.htm

As attorney for the inventor of the innovative Behavior Modification Device For Handguns we are currently seeking manufacturing companies to license, purchase patent rights or enter into a royalty agreement for this timely invention.

The present invention will use negative reinforcement to teach gun safety by supplying an electrical charge to a gun frame to apply a mild shock to anyone that picks it up from a horizontal position. The device will remain dormant when lying on it's side until the gun is moved whereupon a circuit actuator will initiate an electrical charge throughout the frame of the handgun until the gun is returned to the horizontal position.

There's much more info and pics at the link.

 

[TheeBadOne]

OMG

 

[lycanthrope]

So........I get a shock unless I shoot my gun "Gangsta-style?".

They should have named this device: "Mechanism for promoting gun droppage...." Hmm........next time I'm at the range I think I'll duct tape a joy buzzer to my buddies Glock......then I'll let him shoot my non-modified 1911 and perhaps he'll see the light.........

As a psychotherapist I'd really like to see some behavior mod techniques to eliminate stupidity.

 

[Azrael256]

I have a cigarette lighter like that. You flip it open and hit the button, and it gives you a little zap. It's not a "behavior modification device," but rather a novelty. $3.95 at your nearest tobacco shop. It's something great to pass around at a party when somebody asks you for a light.

 

[Topgun]

What a GREAT party joke.

At your kid's next birthday party, leave handguns all over the house. Organize a "gun hunt." Barrel of laughs as the kiddies get zapped and "LEARN THEIR LESSON GOOD."

What next?



Maybe a SWIVEL barrel. Turns 180 degrees just before firing.

GREAT FUN!

 

[zahc]

negative reinforcement

First, what is described is not negative reinforcement! It is punishment.

Negative reinforcement is the removal of an aversive stimulus to reward a behavior.

 

[Graystar]

And what happens on the second try? You know, after the kid goes to the kitchen and grabs a dish towel to wrap around the grip...or maybe some work gloves.

I'm sure the inventor is banking on selling thousands to some kid-safe program, where they'll be given away "free."

 

[Langenator]

Any chance the electrical charge might detonate the primer(s)?

 

[Carlos Cabeza]

In reality, the shock might cause an involuntary index finger reflex.

 

[RobW]

Stupidity is infinite. If you can't handle a "child-safe" lighter, your 3 year old will show you!

Where do this morons come from?

 

[sm]

Needs to test on Fire Extinguishers first IMO.

In my experience and "testing" *ahem* I used a trigger lock on a fire extingusher,as some of you recall I was having a "difference of opinion" with an anti Instructor that came from the UK about 14 yrs ago.

Her position was how good "devices" were to protect people and pointed to the UK and their gun laws...yeah she liked trigger locks.

Me, well , you know me...I took the other positions, and demonstrated ...well she did, well, actually she could not get the darn lock off to extinguish a fire in a trash can. My point was taken, she and her anti positions did not fare well - at all.

Ths "behavior modification device" well might actually be better utilized as another object lesson in "sheeple thinking". Anyone have an extra fire extinguisher ? These demonstrations need to be demonstrated in public, and/or via media.

 

[Dionysusigma]

$3.95 at your nearest tobacco shop.

Um... not us--ours only do that if they're broken

In reality, the shock might cause an involuntary index finger reflex.

Sounds like it might actually be fun... if you could train yourself to keep a steady aim while having the s*** zapped out of your hand

 

[P95Carry]

What a crock .......

Steve .. I think you should get sponsorship ... for a nationwide tour with the ''locked extinguisher'' ... concentrating of course to greatest extent in areas such as parts of CA ... OH .... IL ...... MD .... and of course NJ ... then there is a list of cities you have to visit!