More On Smart Guns
BY Herschel Smith
11 years, 10 months ago
WBUR:
“Smart guns,” or guns that will only fire for an authorized owner, are back on the radar.
The White House has called for pushing ahead with smart gun technology.
James Bond has one in the movie “Skyfall,” but in the real world, the technology is not quite there yet, according to smart gun activist and investor Jonas McCord.
McCord’s company Biomac Systems is working on smart gun technology, and he’s not alone.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has been working on a gun that will recognize the owner’s grip.
Trigger Smart, an Irish company, relies on radio frequency embedded in the gun and in a ring or bracelet the owner is wearing. Without the owner’s ring or bracelet, the gun will not fire.
Armatix GmbH, a German company, has a personalized gun it hopes to put on the market in the U.S. this year. The gun will only shoot if it’s in range of a radio device which carries the owner’s biometric data.
I hope they spend a lot of money on it and get it on the market soon. Let the market tell them what something like this is worth. Like I said before. When hell freezes over.
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On March 1, 2013 at 8:52 am, Jason said:
I caught an interview with the guy from Biomac on NPR. I could feel my blood pressure rise just listening to the idiot. He kept saying things like “80% of NRA members want smart guns” and that the NRA’s leadership refuses to support what their members want. And don’t forget the gem that the 99.99% efffectiveness of his proposed technology is acceptable because “Glocks jam all the time.”
There was also a bit where he was suggesting that by capturing the biometrics of felons and other prohibiited people, they could make it so that smart guns wouldn’t work for them. I guess these guns are supposed to have free wi-fi too. And this was one of the things the NRA was really worried about because they support felons. (The last part was inferred.)
On March 1, 2013 at 9:52 am, Darkwater said:
The more complex that you make a system, the more likely it is to fail.
For example, let’s not forget the backup batteries you’ll have to carry when your power source fails at the worst moment.
On March 1, 2013 at 10:19 am, Chuck said:
As I’ve stated before, as soon as these things show up in gun stores you’ll see youtube tutorials on how to disable the “smart” technology so that they function just like a “dumb” gun.