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Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

The CIA Explains to US Senate What a 'Heart Attack Gun' Is (1975)

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The CIA Explains to US Senate What a 'Heart Attack Gun' Is (1975)

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Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

This clandestine pistol is modified to:

-be electrically fired

-be extremely quiet

-shoot a deadly poison that emulates a heart attack and doesn’t show up on autopsies

-be capable of shooting a target without them realizing they’ve been shot

-work at 100 yards

Video of the hearing: [3:57] https://youtu.be/4m6dldvNECI?si=

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How would it not leave a hole or damage on the target?
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  Only needs to touch skin not penetrate it?
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    Yes but you are shooting it at the target, you are not launching it gently. Especially at 100ft
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      You can shoot things at less than lethal velocities so i took a guess.

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