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Eric Holder gets a thrill out of villainy. He’s the DOJ’s original bad boy. Holder appears to be a bit confused about his job description. Instead of behaving like the U.S. Attorney General, he’s displaying the maturity of a 17-year-old and the cunning of a mobster. The U.S. Attorney General has a big job. He (or she) is supposed to be America’s frontline defender of the U.S. Constitution. Unfortunately, Holder is on the frontline of the opposing side. He’s leading the charge against freedom. Here’s how. Taxpayer-Subsidized Gun Tracking Holder’s middle name is common sense. Which is why, within days...

Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology advise that the next generation of biometric-equipped smart guns is as little as two years away from being fully mature. These guns would use Dynamic Grip Recognition, which is a series of electronic sensors and microchips housed inside the grip of the handgun. These piezoelectric sensors record the user’s grip signature, which then either allows or disallows access to the trigger package.

1.) What a Coincidence! The NRA Convention was held in downtown Indianapolis this year, between April 25th and 27th. There were over 75,000 in attendance, many of whom were legally armed. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police (IMPD) reported that Saturday the 26th was “the most peaceful Saturday in the Month of April downtown.” Provided by the IMPD, here are the stats for “Saturday night problems” during April: April 5: 300 teens at Circle Centre April 12: 200 teens in large...

When Oak Tree Gun Club owner James Mitchell decided to be the first U.S. seller of the Armatix iP1 smart gun, he opened the flood gates to such widespread animosity from gun owners and 2nd Amendment supporters that it would threaten the continued existence of his store. In October of 2013, the National Shooting Sports Foundation polled 1200 Americans on smart guns and smart gun technology. Seventy four percent said the guns were not reliable, 81% said they would NOT buy a smart gun and 70% said the government should not mandate use of the technology. But the story of...

A "smart gun," if you have not yet heard, is a firearm that uses some type of technology -- fingerprint recognition, etc. -- to ensure that it cannot fire unless it is being held by an authorized user. In 2002, New Jersey passed a law saying that once smart handguns become commercially available in the U.S., three years later gun stores won't be allowed to sell anything else. Now a smart handgun is available in California, in the form of the Armatix iP1, a .22-caliber pistol that can't be fired unless the user is wearing the watch that unlocks it....

The rise of ‘smart gun’ technology, which utilizes an RFID interface to allow for both the government and the manufacturer to remotely render the gun useless at any time, is the upcoming new tactic used by anti-Constitution control freaks in the effort to take away legal firearms from the hands of law-abiding citizens.(VIDEO-AT-LINK) And these smart guns are coming much sooner than you think. TriggerSmart, the manufacturer of the Orwellian weapons that already exist in various European regions thanks to branding that smart guns are the ‘safer’ alternative to real weapons, hopes to start selling smart guns within the United...

Capping three days of meetings on ways to stem gun violence in light of the Connecticut shootings last month, Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday he was interested in technology that would keep a gun from being fired by anyone other than the person who bought it. And it became clear that President Barack Obama plans to push for a controversial ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines to stem gun violence in his State of the Union address next month. … Technology for so-called “smart guns” is being developed, although, so far there has been little demand for...

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   “Smart” Gun Bill to be Considered on Tuesday, April 15 in the California Assembly!   Thursday, April 10, 2008   Please Contact the Assembly Public Safety Committee Today!On Tuesday, April 15, the Assembly Public Safety Committee will consider Assembly Bill 2235, a bill to forbid the sale of handguns other than "owner-authorized (or “smart”) handguns" -- that is, handguns with a permanent, programmable biometric feature that renders the firearm useless unless activated by the authorized user.   No proven, viable handgun of this type has ever been developed. Introduced by Assemblyman Mark...

You know what sucks? Getting shot in the leg (or anyplace else) by a seven year old who figured out how to pick the lock on your gun. I wouldn’t know firsthand, I’m just saying… seven-year-old lock-picking kids are rampant these days. And apparently the US federal government agrees with me. They’ve so far granted $2 million to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for the development of the first “Smart Gun” with Dynamic Grip Recognition technology: a gun with a biometric locking mechanism that will only work with one owner. The technology consists of a handle outfitted with...

Media General News Service WASHINGTON - Sheriff's Deputy Nathan Hollingsworth looked down the barrel of his partner's gun, closed his eyes and started to pray. The 24-year-old rookie's partner was mortally wounded, shot three times with his own weapon, and now the killer was pointing the .45-caliber Glock service pistol at Hollingsworth's head. "At that point I could see the barrel. I just closed my eyes and prayed. I thought it was over," Hollingsworth testified in court last month. A "smart gun" might have saved the life of his partner, Deputy Toney Summey, and spared Hollingsworth's arm, which was badly...

Mary Ann Smith THE computer circuits that control hand-held music players, cellphones and organizers may soon be in a new location: inside electronically controlled guns.Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark are building a handgun designed to fire only when its circuitry and software recognize the grip of an authorized shooter. Sensors in the handle measure the pressure the hand exerts as it squeezes the trigger. Then algorithms check the shooter's grip with stored, authorized patterns to give the go-ahead."We can build a brain inside the gun," said Timothy N. Chang, a professor of electrical engineering...

<p>PALM BEACH, Florida -- A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands.</p> <p>The tiny chip would be implanted in a police officer's hand and would match up with a scanning device inside a handgun. If the officer and gun match, a digital signal unlocks the trigger so it can be fired. But if a child or criminal would get hold of the gun, it would be useless.</p>

A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands. The tiny chip would be implanted in a police officer's hand and would match up with a scanning device inside a handgun. If the officer and gun match, a digital signal unlocks the trigger so it can be fired. But if a child or criminal gets hold of the gun, it would be useless. The technology is the latest attempt to create a so-called "smart gun" and could be marketed to law enforcement agencies within a year, according to Verichip Corp., which...

Applied Digital working on 'smart gun' Palm Beach Post staff and wire reports Wednesday, April 14, 2004 PALM BEACH -- A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands. Applied Digital Solutions of Palm Beach (Nasdaq: ADSXD, $3.11) announced Tuesday that its VeriChip unit has entered into a memorandum of understanding with gun maker, FN Manufacturing, to develop a "smart gun" that could limit the use of a gun to the owner or an authorized user.An implantable chip would be injected under the skin of the gun's owner. The chip would...

Bill would require guns sold to be "personalized" so that they can be fired only by authorized adult users A City Council bill that would require guns to be equipped with childproof "smart gun" technology has been blasted by Staten Island gun owners as a dumb idea. The bill, to be introduced later this month by City Council Speaker Gifford Miller (D-Manhattan), would require guns sold or possessed in the city to be "personalized" so they can be fired by authorized adult users only. Miller and the bill's co-sponsors believe fingerprint scanners and other high-tech gizmos could be used to...

James Bond would be impressed. A hand gun that speaks several languages, broadcasts the conversation to the police, fires lethal and non-lethal bullets and is activated only by the grip of the registered owner. The Guinness Book of Records has declared the gun, officially known as a Variable lethality enforcement (Vle) weapon, the world's most intelligent firearm. It has also named the Vle's big brother, which is 36 times its size and has a potential firing rate of one million rounds a minute, as the world's fastest. Both are based on revolutionary ballistics technology invented by Australian Mike O'Dwyer, a...

SMART GUNS ANJRPC's Scott Bach and Nancy Ross Interviewed on BBC Radio LISTEN NOW BBC radio interviewed Scott Bach (ANJRPC Executive Vice President and NRA Board Member) and Nancy Ross (ANJRPC media consultant) about NJ's Smart Gun law. The BBC reporter visited the New Jersey Institute of Technology to report on the development of smart gun technology, and later sought comment from ANJRPC. You can hear Scott and Nancy respond to her questions on The World Today radio program, which is broadcast on air both in the US and internationally, as well as on the internet. In the story, Senator...

ASSEMBLY, No. 1967 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 211th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED JANUARY 26, 2004 Sponsored by: Assemblyman NEIL M. COHEN District 20 (Union) SYNOPSIS Provides tax and other incentives for creating consortium to develop personalized handguns; appropriates $1 million. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. An Act concerning personalized handguns, amending and supplementing various portions of the statutory law, and making an appropriation. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. (New section) The Legislature finds: a. The costs associated with developing and producing a production model of a personalized handgun may be...

At first blush it seems like a great idea. A gun that can determine if the person holding it is an authorized user. A smart gun that will fire only if it recognizes the shooter's thumbprint. Pretty neat. Homeowners would want it because it eliminates the danger of their kids or anyone else using it. The cops surely would want it, as it eliminates the danger of a bad guy getting ahold of their weapon and turning the tables. Then there's the problem of teenage suicides--most prevalent where there is easy access to guns, such as the homes of law...

Promise Made, Promise Kept: McGreevey Keeps NJ at the Forefront of Smart Gun Technology NJIT Receives Additional Funds to Further Development of Childproof Handguns (NEWARK) – Governor James E. McGreevey today took part in the announcement of $1.14 million in federal appropriations to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for additional research and development of a more secure personalized handgun. The funds will supplement $2 million that the state has appropriated for the childproof gun technology. “We routinely require that toys, medicine bottles and automobiles meet safety standards to protect the lives of our children,” said McGreevey. “As Governor,...