Justin Buist

I was a wrestler in my school days. I did it for about 9 years wouldn’t trade that time for anything.

Tonight I stumbled upon this story. A kid down in Ohio is currently 41-2 for the season as a junior in the 103lb. weight class… and he’s a quadruple amputee.

First off, this kid will make it in life. I have no doubt about that. When I look around and see what’s become of all my old high school wrestling friends there isn’t a failure in adult life in that group. This kid seems to have that same spirit, and I’m happy for him. I’d love to meet the guy.

I hate to say this, but, how in the hell do you wrestle a quadruple amputee? Seriously. The whole sport centers around using your opponents limbs as leverage and things like ankles and wrists making great holding points. He doesn’t have those! He’s been training with regular shaped folks for years and the poor bastards that go out against him have probably never encountered a quadruple amputee before. Anybody that steps foot on the mat with him is going to have to adopt a totally different strategy to everything they do. Years of training and technique will be tossed right out the window as useless. It’s a totally new game for everybody, except him.

He’s got a bit of an advantage there.

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I’ve seen this a number of times now:

Unfortunately the thing will qualify as an SBR^* under the NFA which means the thing will probably never hit production.

I’m kinda torn on this one because of the legal issues. It clouds my judgement when I look at the utility of the idea so I had a lot of negative thoughts initially, like: What’s the point? You’re still shooting a pistol round out of a short barrel. It’s not something you can holster so forget carrying it concealed, and who the heck totes around a 9mm carbine for personal defense?

I mean, what kind of nut job would… oh wait, I sometimes tote a Kel-Tec Sub 2000 with me when I travel.

That thought got the gears turning. The Sub 2000 leaves the internals exposed when you fold it up. This doesn’t do that. The Sub 2000 also looks like a gun if somebody were to actually see it. The FMG-9 looks like a storage container or a goofy flashlight.

Just like the Sub 2k it’d be slower to deploy than a pistol, provided the pistol was actually on your hip, but the FMG-9 might kick-ass as a purse carry gun. Quit rolling your eyes. I’m serious. The thing folds up to a size that look about like a long paperback book and totally covers the trigger. I’m sure it’d do very well for purse carry. Leaving the mall late at night? Grab your “flashlight” from your purse as you escort yourself to the car.

I’d also make a handy “under the seat” gun in urban environments. I bet Reginald Denny would have found one handy.

If we didn’t have SBRs so tightly regulated I bet Kel-Tec would take the thing to market, somebody like Bushmaster would come out with something comparable, and we’d se some competition. Marketing would set to work thinking up applications for this critter that aren’t immediately obvious to me, and it’d probably sell.

*: SBR: Short Barreled Rifle. If it has a shoulder stock and the barrel is than than 16″ it qualifies under federal regulations as an SBR. Subject to the same transfer regulations as a machine gun. Totally illegal in my home state of Michigan.

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