The writer nails it: all the NYT and the antigun people want to do is mandate “smart guns” to be all that can be available. Older technology guns will have to be destroyed “for safety” since there will be no way of economically retrofitting (butchering) the electronics into our Lugers, Mausers, Walthers, Colts etc.,etc.
Plus the new smart guns will be hackable to be rendered useless when the SWAT team mistakes your house for the drug dealing perps down the street.