# Bra Gun **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 6, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689 "2016-06-06T23:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/21 "2016-06-07T11:09:46Z")
> [@Potestas](#): > > Oh no I’m talking about a gun that is like something from this (its near to the end of the clip) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M81XN90md0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M81XN90md0) > > Bullets would be fired from the nipple area itself at a target. I think it would be good in a date rape situation to prevent rape. Just aim and fire. > > How would one keep it from accidently firing? > > > [@beowulff](#): > > > > Don’t be ridiculous. Why is it ridiculous? A safety is a part of all guns, even weird ones. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/22 "2016-06-07T13:53:14Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Are we talking about _Machete Kills_? 1967 Dean Martin movie - The Ambushers ---
**Author:** ![KSDeputy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@KSDeputy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSDeputy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/23 "2016-06-07T14:02:05Z")
I have seen bra holsters for pocket guns, but never a bra gun. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/24 "2016-06-07T14:17:18Z")
[Laser Bra 2000](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZHZGcA_jA&t=3m26s) ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/25 "2016-06-07T14:17:56Z")
Movies are FANTASY! In _real life_, there would be no reason whatsoever for a bra gun??? No way to aim it accurately. Guns create heat when fired. Wouldn’t want that near body parts! ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/26 "2016-06-07T14:25:57Z")
1965, The Tenth Victim, featuring Ursula Andress sporting a bra gun: > **[The 10th Victim (1965) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059095/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3)** > > The 10th Victim: Directed by Elio Petri. With Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, Salvo Randone. In the 21st Century, where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress agrees to kill a "victim"... ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/27 "2016-06-07T15:10:34Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > 1965, The Tenth Victim, featuring Ursula Andress sporting a bra gun: **U** [del]rsula A[/del] **ndress** ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/28 "2016-06-07T15:16:37Z")
The assailants in _Austin Powers_ who sported the nipple-mounted firearms were robots (“fembots”), not real women, so presumably the guns were in fact implanted in the breast and not merely a feature of the bra itself. I have a friend who recently underwent double breast reconstruction, I should ask her if that was an available option. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/29 "2016-06-07T16:14:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And my first thought on reading the OP was a device which shot the bras themselves. Like, it’d be a quick way for a lady to get dressed: Stand in front of the Bra Gun, and fire them on. Or for hunting free-roaming boobs (kind of like that Woody Allen movie, but not giant-sized). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/30 "2016-06-07T17:18:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I was thinking placing a short barrel flush with the surface So, it’d be like a pair of snub-nosed 38s, then? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/31 "2016-06-07T17:36:42Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > As a woman who recently applied for her CCL and is currently trying out different ways to carry, it was far too much to hope for a practical conversation about real life female carry issues. I was ready to come in here with opinions about that front under-bra holster that’s too puny to hold my gun, but nope. _sigh_ The attitude I think I’m seeing in this entire thread, mostly, is that nobody really thinks it’s a possible or practical thing; hence no serious comments about it; so the whole topic becomes open season for jokes and snark. It seems there’s a consensus that there really isn’t any “practical conversation” to be had here. ETA: Okay, maybe there’s a practical conversation to be had about “real life female carry issues”, but this thread isn’t that. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/32 "2016-06-07T17:50:45Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > As a woman who recently applied for her CCL and is currently trying out different ways to carry, it was far too much to hope for a practical conversation about real life female carry issues. I was ready to come in here with opinions about that front under-bra holster that’s too puny to hold my gun, but nope. _sigh_ **Moderating** You’re welcome to start another thread if you have some serious questions. A thread that started out based on something seen in Austin Powers movie was never going to be very serious. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/33 "2016-06-07T18:00:14Z")
> [@Me\_Billy](#): > > Movies are FANTASY! > > In _real life_, there would be no reason whatsoever for a bra gun??? > > No way to aim it accurately. > Guns create heat when fired. Wouldn’t want that near body parts! Not to mention recoil! ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/34 "2016-06-07T18:32:31Z")
I don’t think recoil would be such an issue if you designed the gun properly. Just build a rigid frame around the breast so that recoil is directed back straight to the ribcage and not the breast tissue itself, with sufficient padding that you don’t bruise the ribs. You could also get a little extra barrel length if the guns started near the armpit and ended near the nipple. It wouldn’t be straight out in front of you, but bra-guns are hardly going to need much accuracy or range. Two guns aimed to cross three to six feet in front of you would probably do the job. Still not a very practical idea… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/35 "2016-06-07T18:54:33Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I don’t think recoil would be such an issue if you designed the gun properly. Just build a rigid frame around the breast so that recoil is directed back straight to the ribcage and not the breast tissue itself, with sufficient padding that you don’t bruise the ribs… I was told or read that some IDF special forces are/were equipped with some kind of central(-ish) chest mounted small arms (heh) for room-to-room missions. No idea if this is true, let alone–never having been soldier–if this is outlandish. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/36 "2016-06-07T18:59:35Z")
Does Maxwell Smart know about this? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/37 "2016-06-07T20:06:18Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Does Maxwell Smart know about this? The old guns-in-the-brassier trick. That’s the _second_ time I’ve fallen for it this month! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/38 "2016-06-07T20:15:11Z")
Over- _and_ under-wires. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/39 "2016-06-07T22:38:28Z")
Here’s Katy Perry’s take on the concept. > **[Lady Gaga Wears Assault Rifle Bra on Stage - E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news/378527/lady-gaga-wears-assault-rifle-bra-on-stage)** > > Singer, once again, wears a questionable outfit while performing in Vancouver ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689/40 "2016-06-07T22:49:30Z")
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