Smart Guns - is there a market?

[resister]

Why would fingerprint technology fail? If the fingerprint reader was located where your finger must go, then it should work. Assuming you don't allow the batteries in the gun to die, I don't see many issues other than the potential for the chip to malfunction. Then again guns can jam, so they are not 100% in any case.

Adding an unneeded complication to any machine, increases the possibility of failure. Not good when your life may depend on it.

And your right, guns can jam, why add another potential failure point?

[resister]

As long as it's not mandatory I don't see a problem with people installing this into their own guns.

I'll take a pass though.

Democrats will push to make it mandatory.

[Dr. Who]

Democrats will push to make it mandatory.

Democrats are also supporters of the 2nd Amendment, so I don't think that they would, or at least not in the near future. As technology changes and gets more sophisticated, who knows, but then it may not only be Democrats opting for a safer future.

[resister]

Democrats are also supporters of the 2nd Amendment, so I don't think that they would, or at least not in the near future. As technology changes and gets more sophisticated, who knows, but then it may not only be Democrats opting for a safer future.

Would they want my 1858 new model Army, so outfitted? How much must a user pay to slow their guns operation and increase the chance it will fail them in a time of need?

No thanks, feel free to go buy one.

[jimmyz]

Democrats are also supporters of the 2nd Amendment, so I don't think that they would, or at least not in the near future. As technology changes and gets more sophisticated, who knows, but then it may not only be Democrats opting for a safer future.

My safer future is based on my responsible gun ownership and storage as well as my prudent carry and discretion in my weapons use. It is the mob of detritus that is the problem. Universal gun restrictions will effect me and not them thus the push-back from people like me?

[resister]

Democrats are also supporters of the 2nd Amendment,

LOL, another one who denies the agenda.

[jimmyz]

LOL, another one who denies the agenda.

No really. All gun owners arent 100% Repub and the like. the Dems own guns but the nature of their politics and feelers think that a solution to gun deaths can be had. They have not yet realized that there is no solution to be had.

[Doublejack]

No really. All gun owners arent 100% Repub and the like. the Dems own guns but the nature of their politics and feelers think that a solution to gun deaths can be had. They have not yet realized that there is no solution to be had.

Their is a solution .. it's just not very politically correct.

[Cletus]

19-year-old MIT undergraduate developing a smart gun with a fingerprint reader, safety mechanism will allow only the gun owner to use the firearm


There is other smart gun technology out there but it relies on receiving a signal from a special watch or ring, which makes it less than useful in an emergency situation, plus it appears it can be defeated by magnets. However, fingerprint technology is more useful. I could see police officers being outfitted with smart guns. If a criminal grabs their gun, it won't fire. It would also be useful in homes with small children. No chance that it will fire even if a child finds it. Ditto with theft.

Do you think that there is a viable market for this kind of technology?

Only among stupid people.

[Cletus]