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Armatix handgun can only be fired by someone wearing the correct watch
crunchgear.com ^ | 1/29/2010 | Staff

Posted on 01/29/2010 4:28:50 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

This seems like a really good idea. A German company called Armatix has developed a handgun that can only be fired by someone wearing a biometrically unlocked wrist watch. An LED light on the gun glows green if it’s set to be fired or red if it’s locked.

According to the product page:

“To activate the wrist watch, the authorized person’s fingerprint must first be read by the wrist watch. An internal database compares the current fingerprint against stored prints and responds accordingly. The wrist watch is then activated for a definable period – e.g. an officer’s work shift or until manually deactivated.”

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To: CodeToad; AAABEST; barb-tex; FourPeas; Charles Martel; mamelukesabre; Still Thinking; MortMan; ...
Come see the excerpt from the user manual for this pistol.

The user manual is a 12-volume set.

61 posted on 01/29/2010 6:45:36 PM PST by Lazamataz (Hey Obama, Can You Hear Me Now....? GOOOOoood......)
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To: TexasAg; bikerman; muawiyah; An Old Man; Age of Reason; brityank; Eccl 10:2; Para-Ord.45; ...
Come see the excerpt from the user manual for this pistol.

The user manual is a 12-volume set.

62 posted on 01/29/2010 6:47:44 PM PST by Lazamataz (Hey Obama, Can You Hear Me Now....? GOOOOoood......)
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To: Lazamataz
PLEASE MAKE SURE ... NO ... PERSCRIPTION GLASSES ... ARE WORN...

But how can I can I see to shoot accurately without Perscription Glasses to keep the Perspiration out of my eyes? The doctor ordered them, after all...

63 posted on 01/29/2010 6:55:46 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar
There are too many dots in the sentence you quoted.

TOO many dots.

64 posted on 01/29/2010 6:58:01 PM PST by Lazamataz (Hey Obama, Can You Hear Me Now....? GOOOOoood......)
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To: Lazamataz

You’re kidding, right?


65 posted on 01/29/2010 7:00:42 PM PST by FourPeas ([F]or hostility is a relation and an enemy is not a total stranger. C.S. Lewis, Perelandra)
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To: FourPeas
You’re kidding, right?

I cited the LEAST complicated part of the manual.

There's a lot more.

66 posted on 01/29/2010 7:01:52 PM PST by Lazamataz (Hey Obama, Can You Hear Me Now....? GOOOOoood......)
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To: Lazamataz

12 volumes.

As the Sharks say, “I’m out.”


67 posted on 01/29/2010 7:05:28 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

A really good idea? Good way to get many, many people killed while they are trying to defend themselves and have lost their stupid watch. I want nothing to do with firearms that can’t be fired when ever I want to fire it. This is just another attempt(so called smart guns)to disarm us.


68 posted on 01/29/2010 7:20:49 PM PST by calex59
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To: Red in Blue PA
Best part of the article:

The .22 caliber handgun will apparently be available sometime next month with a price of 7,000 Euro (almost $10,000).

Hmmmm. Let's see.

I can buy 20 AK-47s - enough to arm my entire neighborhood.

Or...

I can buy ONE .22 cal pea shooter that requires me to wait for the little green light while the bad guy shoots my face off.

But it comes with a neat watch. I'm going to have to think on this one.

69 posted on 01/29/2010 7:23:04 PM PST by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: AAABEST

I guess it depends on who makes the watch.


70 posted on 01/29/2010 7:27:36 PM PST by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: Lazamataz

Hehehe, yep that’s a committee made firearm alright.

Sorry, I have no interest in the Ibang.


71 posted on 01/29/2010 7:47:49 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: An Old Man

You have a sundial? All I had was this Stonehenge thing that tells me solstices.


72 posted on 01/29/2010 8:21:38 PM PST by Redcitizen (Zartan for President 2012)
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To: Candor7

thats awsome buahahahahaha


73 posted on 01/29/2010 8:56:24 PM PST by joshjones
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To: calex59
A really good idea? Good way to get many, many people killed while they are trying to defend themselves and have lost their stupid watch. I want nothing to do with firearms that can’t be fired when ever I want to fire it. This is just another attempt(so called smart guns)to disarm us.

My gun is already safe. It has this little lever on the side that works reliably 100% of the time.

74 posted on 01/29/2010 9:27:01 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Shooter 2.5
I guess it depends on who makes the watch.

Well now you're giving me ideas.

I can buy 20 AK-47s - enough to arm my entire neighborhood.

Or...

I can buy ONE .22 cal pea shooter that requires me to wait for the little green light while the bad guy shoots my face off.

Or...

I can buy ONE super cool Rolex and ONE tricked out AR-15.

75 posted on 01/29/2010 9:36:50 PM PST by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg; NFHale; hiredhand; Squantos
I have no interest in the Ibang.

now that there is funny, and worth stayin up late...

76 posted on 01/29/2010 10:59:13 PM PST by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: AAABEST
"But it comes with a neat watch. I'm going to have to think on this one."

Would it sweeten the deal for you any if it were a Mickey Mouse watch?
77 posted on 01/29/2010 11:18:37 PM PST by ThomasSawyer (Democratic Underground: Proof that anyone can figure out how to use a computer.)
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To: AAABEST

There are so many ways to look at it. That 1 gun (.22 caliber) is equal to 10 AR-15’s, or about 12 Kimber’s, or 38 Ruger Mark III’s.

Why on earth would anyone buy one? Would love to meet the person who does......most likely a Bill Gates type of fellow.


78 posted on 01/30/2010 6:00:38 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: AAABEST

Forgot to add.....or about 31,000 rounds of .45 ACP.


79 posted on 01/30/2010 6:01:55 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: ThomasSawyer
Would it sweeten the deal for you any if it were a Mickey Mouse watch?

Shoot, the whole idea screams big ears to me.

80 posted on 01/30/2010 6:55:58 AM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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