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Reduced lethality gun

  • US 8,516,729 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2011
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A less than lethal firearm comprising:

  • a hand gun having a molded barrel member including a plurality of barrels formed as a unitary member, and a main housing supporting said unitary member, each barrel having a muzzle at a distal end and firing chamber at a proximal end, the proximal end of each one of said plurality of barrels being adapted to receive a shell cartridge comprising less than 3 grains of gun powder which can be fired from said hand gun, said unitary member being sufficiently strong to withstand the pressures generated by the firing of said shell cartridge comprising less than 3 grains of gun powder;

    a sliding trigger mounted for reciprocating movement with said main housing, said sliding trigger including a trigger latch pivotally mounted on said sliding trigger;

    a revolving member mounted within said main housing, said revolving member having a hammer located thereon, said revolving member being mounted to enable revolving and reciprocating motion such that the hammer will move in a circular path sequentially impacting a firing pin in successive order in response to successive pulls of the sliding trigger, said revolving member includes cam pins that are in operative engagement with slots formed on a stationary helical member.

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