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'Smart guns' - if they don't want them force them.
With the President's new initiative on "common sense gun control" he has beginning pushing the development and adoption by the military and law enforcement.
Source: http://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/president-obama-smart-guns.html (Google 'Obama smart gun' and you will get a plethora of reactions)
It seems that "smart guns" has become the new gun control catch phrase.
The truth? They don't work. Would you trust your life to your Smartphone's ability to recognize your fingerprint? Or how about your laptop facial recognition? The one that exists (Armatix) has failed miserably in tests and costs $1800. The company is in bankruptcy.
But the anti-gun media won't tell you that. In fact, they are trying to convince you that people do want them and that the Armatix is failing due to "activists" and "threats" against the company!
Source: http://www.newsweek.com/build-smart-gun-you-need-build-smart-gun-market-455365
Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/Security-culture/2016/0504/Can-White-House-tech-startups-overcome-gun-lobby-resistance-to-smart-guns
Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2014/0503/Death-threats-stop-gun-store-from-selling-smart-gun.-Why
From the second article above:
"Around 40 percent of gun owners say they would trade their current weapon in for a smart gun, according to a poll released last January by Penn Schoen Berland polling. "
Sure. They know that "trade" means free, right?
Ask ANY gun owner if they think that that an $1800 .22 pistol that works sometimes is a good idea and how many they would like to buy. Seriously.
And if someone says "yes" ask them why they haven't bought one yet - because no one has.
The lack of reliability and reluctance for LE to adopt them was made abundantly clear this year at the "International Smart Gun Symposium" held here (surprise) in Seattle last year.
Noticeably absent was ANY gun manufacturer or trade or interest group. Why operate in the real world?
Although cited in press releases, what is never mentioned is what the KC Sheriff Urquart said:
"I’m probably the only person in this room who has zipped kids into bodybags," Urquhart told the crowd...Any tech to make that better is a good thing. That being said, [smart gun technology] is not ready for my officers yet. If it worked 110 percent of the time, I’d be interested."
My take away? So, if they don't want them...force them.
