FDA Shoots Down 'Prescription Pistol' For Seniors

AP: It could have been the world’s first prescription pistol. The single-bullet Palm Pistol set the Internet abuzz with speculation that Medicare might even pay for the elderly and disabled to pack heat.

But Monday the Food and Drug Administration said the Palm Pistol doesn’t have a shot of being listed as a medical device, and revoked the registration issued to its inventor only last week.