CALLING all office outlaws. A new range of rapid-fire, non-lethal firearms is about to hit the streets, courtesy of several US-based online shops. Their ammo? The schoolkids’ favourite: rubber bands.
The flagship “piece” is a 12-barrel machine gun that’s capable of loosing off 144 rubber bands before you need to reload. Designed by Don Mims, a retired aerospace engineer from Texas, the $400 executive toy is modelled on the Gatlin gun of 1862, adopted by several of the world’s armies and a staple of many a spaghetti western.
The wooden machine gun stands 1 metre high on its tripod and…
