DeWalt AR-15 Nail Gun: Great Gag!

I wish this was real, but instead of an 18V battery pack, a clip full of self-contained cartridges designed around the ability to hold only nails of various sizes (unless heavily modified, of course), mainly around 1/4″ or 1/3″ x up to 1-1/2″. I’ve actually designed and attempted to sell a line of a .22 cal. (another variant was 9mmPAK driven) powder actuated nail guns with revolving cylinders and tacks as the primary fasteners with frangible sleeves that disintegrate upon impact with a hard object like ply-wood. The tool looked like a snub-nose revolver with an orange tip, so like a high-quality airsoft gun. It was a tool at close range and a better weapon than a pellet gun at medium range or .22 Short at long range. Nails don’t actually fly straight after a few yards unless you put a special tail on them and bunch it up carefully as you load it into a cartridge or chamber so it deploys correctly. Look at blow-gun darts, for example. I did, but opted not to go that route in my design when it came to sales, since it’d increase cost, make it less likely to be credibly regarded as a tool and more likely to be regarded as a dual purpose device. A tool and weapon. The weapon part concerned me. Local cops don’t uphold the 2nd Amendment and actually retaliate against people for asserting that right, and they do so with the actual approval of all government branches as well as the majority of US citizens. Anyway, that venture was short lived. No sales were made and there are much better options for weaponry available. The next year I opted to simply buy a cheap Pietta 1851 Navy in .44 cal. Still no permit, background check or any other infringement pressed upon my 2nd Amendment right, but it performed better as a weapon. Especially when loaded with 45 grains of FFFG equivalent or 55 grains reground FFFFFG equivlent Hodgdon Triple Seven black powder sub (measured by vol. then compressed), .454″ di. Hornady lead ball (pressed so hard into the chamber it inverted to something like a hollow-point) and Winchester BP Magnum (pinched) 11 percussion caps, from a shortened 2″ barrel to around 8″ of 20% calibrated but well-made ballistics gel. Last year I made a semi-auto .25 cal pistol that uses my home made rounds similar in power and effectiveness to .22TCM. I also have a Sabre 3-in-1 spray for any defensive situation I might encounter that could be resolved with something that’s not lethal or seriously injurious. Sure beat the 99% capsaicin nonivamide powder I had in the 1st chamber of my ’51 Navy then all rounds in the magazine of a 9mmPAK front firing blank gun. Also made myself a slam-fire 12GA inspired by Royal Nonesuch and others. Anyway, thinking of nail guns as weapons is great if you’re really under scrutiny and facing threats of prison if you buy a firearm, but I think that’s about it…