H/T to @rhodeskc.
I can see the appeal for the shear novelty but having spent my childhood on a farm and a lot of time in the garden I cannot see this having any practical application:
There are far better ways to distribute seeds of any type.
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Well, it’s obvious to me that these shells, if used for home defense, simply MUST be loaded with Bellis perennis…. daisy seeds, of course.
I would have suggested apricot, peach, or avocado seeds.
But you have a point about your suggestion being far more in character.
There must be a catch. Those will only fire as warning shots from a Biden Gun, right?
I dunno…maybe #PajamaBoy can use these to fire thweet theedth of Obamacare love!
The idea isn’t from a small business but from an advertising/marketing agency, Studio Total, which also does activism. from wiki “stirred up controversy in 2010, when Swedish feminist Gudrun Schyman burned 100,000 kronor (approximately $14,000) in a protest against unequal pay…2012, Studio Total arranged an airdrop of teddy bears endorsing freedom of speech over Belarus.”
I suspect it is basically an ad to attempt to reinforce the “only for killing” meme.
You missed the complete tone-deafness of “Let’s load a 12 gauge shell with Columbine seeds and put it at the top of our list!”
Point and laugh at the idiots, and enjoy the force multiplier of a hippie inadvertently referencing a school massacre to sell his product.
As a child of the 60’s, this gives a whole new meaning to the old phrase “Flower Power.”
Am I the only one to notice the “killer” shell is loaded with birdshot?
They kill birds don’t they?
🙂
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But think of the great fun that could be had re-vegetating road cuts and burn areas with a Cessna and an FA. We have rather a lot of burn areas in Colorado just now.
That sounds horribly inefficient, unlikely to succeed, and phenomenally expensive. Also fun. Where do I sign up?
#9 pellets of compressed red pepper flake would be swell for use on neighborhood pests.
Animals too.