Posted on 06/24/2019 8:36:36 AM PDT by Black_Rifle_Gunsmith
In keeping with the theme of talking about ridiculous gun control, let's take a look at what Joe Biden recently suggested on the campaign trail. At a fundraising event last Monday, Biden invoked the science-fiction technology of the James Bond universe, calling for guns in America to be made operable only by scanning the shooter's DNA and fingerprints.
"If I get elected president of the United States of America with your help, if that happens, guns, we have the capacity now in a James Bond-style to make sure no one can pull a trigger unless their DNA and fingerprint is on it". Biden continued, disregarding current technology and facts: "We have that capacity to do it now. You know it."
Except this technology is neither proven nor readily available. In fact, most smart gun prototypes have failed spectacularly and it's little surprise as to why. One model, the Armatix iP1, uses a radio-frequency-controlled sensor to activate or disable the gun. The shooter must wear an electronic wristwatch to operate the gun. But the moment the wristwatch goes out of distance or loses power, the gun becomes useless. Would you trust your life to an electronic wristwatch operating on a tiny battery? To illustrate how fallible the current technology is, one savvy shooter hacked the iP1, using magnets to make it shoot even when the control watch was more than 10 feet away. He even disabled the gun entirely when it should have been connected and able to fire.
There are inherent problems with making this technology reliable and easy to use under stress. When a gun needs to be used for self-defense or in a threat situation, adrenaline begins to rush. Cognitive function goes out the window and fine motor skills turn into, well, gross motor skills. The technology has to work immediately, 100% of the time, and without any user input -- lest the user face possible injury or death while he or she tries to make the trigger work.
Even the most well-built firearms, including service rifles and pistols issued to police and the U.S. Military, experience malfunctions and failures. The military and law enforcement anticipate and train for these situations: When a round jams, open the receiver and clear it. When a cartridge misfires, rack the slide and pull the trigger again. But when an electronic DNA or fingerprint scanner goes bad, there is no quick "field repair" that can be made. That shooter is out of the fight. That shooter could be you, in your living room, at 3:00 A.M.
Beyond mere logistics and technological issues, requiring every gun to have a DNA or fingerprint scanner poses serious issues for the Second Amendment and Americans' rights to have access to readily-available guns, bought or built. Biden claims that gun manufacturers are against the technology, and he's right on this point. Except manufacturers are likely opposed because of sheer cost and manufacturing concerns. Armatix, for example, charges around $1,800 for a basic "smart" handgun with no other features.
Further, many Americans have gotten into the hobby of building their own guns at home. The tactical market has exploded with the AR-15 taking the top spot as one of the most popular firearm models sold and built in the country. And over the last few years, enthusiasts and entrepreneurs have started using receiver blanks (usually called 80% lowers or 80% frames) to build unregistered, un-serialized guns for personal use (the ATF has long held this is legal to do). Requiring all guns sold or made to have DNA and fingerprint scanners would greatly curtail this now widely-exercised right and it would also likely raze the U.S. firearms manufacturing industry to ashes for some years to come.
Nonetheless, companies and start-ups are pursuing smart gun technology. Many also think Biden has a good chance of securing the Democratic nomination for 2020, setting up what's likely to be a heated gun control debate. Do you think Biden would ever have a chance of passing legislation as extreme and industry-changing as this? I would hope the rest of our legislators would realize how destructive and ineffective such a bill might be.
Can we carry shotguns instead?
And which Congress is going to pass that?
These dopes running for President keep telling us what they are going to do, without any comment on how they are going to get it through the Congress.
Lets say your loved one isnt around to shoot an intruder but, luckily there is a loaded gun on the nightstand you cannuze to save yourself.
Oh no. The gun has a smart feature and only your loved one can fire the paperweight.
You can still throw the bullets at the criminal and you deliver them all in shot as they are contsined in handheld safe.
Now, what is the address of your mother, so I can send my condolences and a nice flower arrangement?
Well that will slow the criminals down.....
I am sure Vinny the bull and a pimp named chronic will head down to the gun store ASAP to get their locks installed.
They plan on doing it just like several unconstitutional gun restrictions.
They will issue a memo from the BATFE, and magic that gun, accessory or ammo has been banned and cannot be owned, and subject to mandatory turn in.
And they skipped Congress all together.
And no one will object. No.one
Absolutely Correct!
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Who would be
Dumb enough.
Most of the "loopholes" they want to "fix"(and fixing loopholes gets a lot of positive polling) are transfers, permanent or temporary, to family members and friends.
here is a link to an article about federal law and loaning guns: Can you lend a firearm to another person
Seems like they failed a lot.
Didn’t the original Walther PPK not have a safety?
Maybe I am remembering something wrong.
Just concentrate on curing cancer Joe.
Didn’t the original Walther PPK not have a safety?
Maybe I am remembering something wrong.
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In LICENCE TO KILL, Q gave Bond a gun which looks like a camera...
Thanks for the info.
Let’s put Biden in a room with a fingerprint lock. Only, the fingerprint it is looking for is not his.
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