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US FDA Backs Off 'Medicare Subsidised' Handgun for Disabled, Elderly
8 December 2008
Sydney Morning Herald / AAP
A US gun company will market a pistol to elderly Americans that will be subsidised by the government in the same way as a wheelchair or walking frame.
The company, Constitution Arms, claims its gun, called a Palm Pistol, has won approval as a medical device for people with arthritis or other disabling conditions who have trouble squeezing the trigger on a normal firearm.
Under the deal, seniors who buy the $US300 ($A465) 9mm handgun will be reimbursed by the federal... (GunPolicy.org)