FRTs are Legal & What the Hell are Unguns? | SOTG 1292

What the hell are “unguns”? During our SOTG Homeroom, we will consider the plethora of “less-than-lethal” devices that are shaped like guns but are not actually guns. Are they a good solution?

For our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc this week we have a question. What is an FRT? After a years-long criminal campaign to target an American gun company, the Federal government has ceased their unlawful persecution of Rare Breed Triggers and been forced to admit what we have known all along, FRTs are NOT machineguns.

Also, are Americans preparing for the worst? Fox News recently did a news piece where they traveled to Gunsite Academy in Arizona to find out why people are taking training.

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From www.shootingnewsweekly.com:

Meet the ‘unguns’: The new trend in ‘less-lethal’ weapons helping Americans feel safe

Over the last 12 months, Byrna, for instance, has racked up $100 million in revenue, a record for the 20-year-old business, which is generally considered the first less-lethal weapons company to successfully position itself as a consumer brand. Byrna — whose fans have included Sean Hannity, Lara Trump, Megyn Kelly and Bill O’Reilly — has recently opened a string of retail stores across the country, from Oregon and Arizona to Tennessee, and kicked off a nationwide partnership with Sportsman’s Warehouse. In April, Byrna also launched a new, more compact model, the CL Launcher.

Axon Enterprises, the maker of Taser guns, also targets the consumer market, with two models, the Pulse 2 and the Bolt 2, that it promotes as “personal safety technology.” While the company primarily supplies Tasers for police and military use, Axon vice president Angelo Welihindha says that he sees sales to everyday users as a growth area. “We’re putting more engineering resources than we ever have into the consumer line. It’s a really big bet for the company,” says Welihindha, who declined to share sales numbers for Taser’s consumer models.

Competitors in the projectile launcher market include JPX International, which sells a launcher called the Jet Protector. It fires a projectile that releases a mist of pepper spray that carries a 400,000 rating on the Scoville Heat scale (which is based on the potency of the peppers found in pepper spray). The company, which sells to both police departments and consumers, claims its spray is twice as powerful as standard police pepper spray. Projectile launchers have also become popular with hikers and campers who carry them for protection from wildlife like mountain lions and bears.

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