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From: IAN <JHURLEY1@******.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Quickdraw holster
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 16:48:50 -0400
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmmmm. . .


Why not this, instead?
An idea from Harry Harrison's Deathworld series.
A shoulder holster, custom-made, which is connected via a cable to the butt of
the pistol. (This only works for pistols. Bigger weapons just don't fit into
this kind of a holster.)
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Actually, it was a wrist holster, which limits the gun to about hold-out
or light range, unless you have REALLY big wrists(Like the deathworlders)
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The cable is a totally flexible plastic. However, when a current is applied,
it becomes rigid, and adopts an (ONE) designed position, namely that of your
hand's location. The current is triggered by muscle movements in the forearm
of a particular type. (Shoot-Kill-Bang type.)

Tech view: you give command for red alert to brain, impulses sent from arm to
miniprocessor, which interprets for proper signal, and sends current through
cable at receipt of proper signal.

Street view: You think "gun" and it's in your hand, almost instantly.
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Yep. Fun isn't it?
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