Blast all those gun owners, withholding their market demand and refusing to save lives!The technology is here. So-called "smart guns" are being programmed to recognize a gun owner’s identity and lock up if the weapon ends up in the wrong hands. Entrepreneurs and engineers have been developing technology to make safer guns since the early '90s, and by now we've got working prototypes of guns that read fingerprints, hand grips or even sensors embedded under the skin. But after 15 years of innovation, personalized guns still haven't penetrated the marketplace.Why? Smart guns are caught in the crosshairs of a heated debate over guns, for one thing. Pro-gun groups see it as an attack on Second Amendment rights and, you know, freedom. Anti-gun groups worry that if guns are safer it will inspire more people to buy them. Perhaps more troublesome is that consumer demand just isn't there. “The gun industry has no interest in making smart-guns. There is no incentive for them,” Robert J. Spitzer, a political science professor at SUNY Cortland told the New York Times.
No incentive? What about saving lives?
The comments are running 100% against the author, pointing out what could easily have been found out in any actual, you know, journalism effort: find people on both sides of the issue, get their view of the issue, write it down without misspelling anything.
I only point this out (other than for the amusement value of the comments section) as an illustration of the utter institutional incompetence of the media to provide basic reporting on firearms issues. Even if they wanted to play it straight (which is a big question), they simply do not have the capacity to.
NO they don't, because they CANNOT admit they might be wrong. And "I" will not trust my life to a battery working when I need it... Sorry...
ReplyDeleteAt 0dark30, when something goes bump. I don't want my or my family's life to depend on a microchip that may or may not work. I read somewhere that most PD's are rejecting them for the same reason.
ReplyDeleteIf only we had guns with cameras that were connected by wifi to a national database of who all the bad guys were and they did facial recognition to not fire unless the target was in the database... or the NSA says its ok.
ReplyDeleteYeah...if something happens to me and my wife needs to defend herself with my sidearm (hers jams, or is somehow out of reach), I don't want her to have to log on and submit an application to do so. "Hang on, Bad Guy, I'm waiting for BATFE approval..." Screw that. I'll NEVER buy a firearm of any type that requires some sort of login.
ReplyDeletebottom line if it isnt good enough for the police or mil its not good enough for me.
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