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Magnetic pistol

Okay, so you know how magnets work, right? They attract certain kinds of metal things like paper clips and refrigerator magnets. Well, a magnetic pistol is a gun that uses magnets to shoot metal pellets instead of bullets.

The way it works is that there are two magnets in the gun, one at the end of the barrel and one behind where the pellets are loaded. These magnets are really strong and they attract each other, pulling the pellets through the barrel and out the end of the gun.

But because the pellets are metal, they can be attracted to other magnets too. That's why we need to be careful when we use a magnetic pistol so we don't accidentally attract things we don't want to.

Overall, a magnetic pistol is a safer and quieter way to shoot metal pellets than a regular gun that uses bullets. But it still needs to be used responsibly and with adult supervision.
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