If you take this crazy rubber-band-firing machine gun outside, it's pretty likely you'll get shot by the cops. And they won't be firing office stationery at you. It is the most dangerous-looking "toy" we have ever seen.

The Rubber Band Gatling Gun is machined from solid aluminum and has eight "barrels" onto which you can load up to 100 rubber bands. The bands are fired by hand-cranking a lever that spins the barrels and unleashes the projectiles. It's designed to use Size 64 rubber bands and is apparently "safe enough for point-blank shooting people (which will happen)," and even comes with a Maglite mounted on the top to help you track down your friends in the dark.

If you're still thinking that this gun has anything to do with other rubber-band guns, then take a look at this video. Wait until you see the woman swing the thing around on its tripod-base and tell me it isn't terrifying.

If you thought the electric-drill-powered rubber-band gun was neat, or that the DIY wooden Gatling-gun was badass, well, you'd be right. But this monster cranks things up to a frankly rather scary level: The aluminum weapon costs an astonishing $500. It's not that the made-to-order, hand-machined gun is expensive for what you get, it's just that you have to seriously worry about the kind of person who would drop so much cash on something like this. They'd probably be a lot like Chet from Weird Science.

Oh, and it weighs 20 pounds fully loaded. Seriously. Don't ever take this outside.

This Is Not Your Kids Toy Rubber Band Gun [Gadgets and Gear]

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