Gun shop debuts credit-card-sized shotgun to be used for self- defense: Gun maker says weapon could give owner the opportunity to escape an attacker

MINNEAPOLIS - In a new twist on the idea of concealed weapons, agun maker and gun shop are debuting a new type of firearm: one thatcould almost fit in your wallet.

It's a two-shot weapon made from a piece of metal the height andwidth of a standard credit card, and about a half-inch thick. Eachbarrel fires seven standard steel BBs. It will retail for $100.

"This I can see being the ultimate self-defense weapon," said MarkKoscielski, owner of Koscielski's Guns and Ammo, the only gun shop inMinneapolis.

Koscielski and Patrick Teel, who makes the guns in suburban Blaineat his company AFT Incorporated, gave The Associated Press a previewtoday, a day before they …