This can't be good...

I hate misleading headlines. You know the ones: the wording suggests one thing, but when you read the story it's not the way you took it.

Take this story by Fox News for example: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461928,00.html

A palm pistol "aimed" at the elderly and disabled?

Turns out it's an ergonomically designed pistol so that the elderly and disabled can use it more easily. Oh.

Poor word choice, people!

I have arthritis, so I can sympathize with people who want to protect themselves but might have difficulty physically pulling a trigger.

I have a few problems with this supposed palm pistol, however:

1. It looks like an asthma inhaler, not a gun. How are police supposed to recognize this as a gun instead of as a toy or simple plastic apparatus?

2. How are grandchildren going to know that this is a gun and not some toy to play with? And if it's easier for the elderly to use, it's certainly going to be easier for kids to just push a button and fire.

3. Why would the gun manufacturer get approval from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) instead of the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms)? Is it a food or drug? No, it's a gun! How were they able to go that route and still get approval for a gun design?

4. A doctor just writes a prescription for it? And Medicare (i.e. taxpayers) pay for it?

This is a good thing?