Smart Gun Redux
BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 6 months ago
News.
The last thing we need in this world is more guns. But we’re getting them whether we like it or not, so wouldn’t it be nice if those guns had safety mechanisms like our phones, making them impossible for anyone but their owners to use? That’s what Biofire is building, and it has raised $17 million to finalize and commercialize its biometric-secured firearm.
Founder Kai Kloepfer said he began looking into the idea after the Aurora mass shooting in 2012.
“I started to think, what could I possibly do to have an impact on this? How can I apply product building skills to what would appear to be a public health challenge? The problem of children and teens finding guns, accidents and suicides — that was the place where I really saw tech and a physical, product-based solution having an impact,” he said.
Good. I hope the investors raise even more money than that, and I hope this becomes a money hole.
I will never buy one, but I’ve said what I will do.
“Perform a fault tree analysis of smart guns. Use highly respected guidance like the NRC fault tree handbook.
Assess the reliability of one of my semi-automatic handguns as the first state point, and then add smart gun technology to it, and assess it again. Compare the state points. Then do that again with a revolver. Be honest. Assign a failure probability of greater than zero (0) to the smart technology, because you know that each additional electronic and mechanical component has a failure probability of greater than zero.
Get a PE to seal the work to demonstrate thorough and independent review. If you can prove that so-called “smart guns” are as reliable as my guns, I’ll pour ketchup on my hard hat, eat it, and post video for everyone to see. If you lose, you buy me the gun of my choice. No one will take the challenge because you will lose that challenge. I’ll win. Case closed. End of discussion.”
To date no one has taken the challenge, and no one will in the future.
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On May 16, 2022 at 10:17 pm, Chris said:
Smart guns …Aren’t. Period. Full Stop.
Love my 2017 f250 but….its a rolling BUG and able to be remotely turned off, as far as I know or am concerned.
And currently, I am hunting for a 50’s, 60’s or 70’s Truck, along with a 70’s or 80’s ON/OFF Motorcycle.