The company behind the legal gun said: “In today’s day and age, carrying a concealed pistol has become a necessity. But what if you didn’t have to conceal?”
“Smartphones are everywhere, so your new pistol will easily blend in with today’s environment. In its locked position it will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight.”
New product: A US Senator, Charles Schumer, said the handgun was a "disaster waiting to happen".
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Local newspaper Dernière Heure said an alert sent to police in Belgium police read: “To the eye, nothing can distinguish it from a mobile telephone.
“Most people possess a smartphone, meaning that it can pass completely overlooked.”
Head of the company Ideal Conceal, Kirk Kjellberg, said he got the idea after a child saw his own gun in a restaurant and got scared.
“There are some people that would take serious issue in the workplace or somewhere else to see a gun on you, and I think it gives people the opportunity to avoid that conversation,” he said last year.
