The James Bond-style smart gun that can ONLY be fired by its owner

Daily Mail ^ | 2 February 2014

[Second Amendment First]

A company has developed a high-tech pistol it says can help curb gun violence by allowing only its owner pull the trigger.

The slick Smart System gun from Armatix looks like something James Bond might carry and uses watch that transmits an identifying radio frequency that prevents everyone but its wearer from firing.

The gun is one of several competing for a $1 million prize from the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, a group started by tech investors in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, where 26 were killed in 2012.

[Kickass Conservative]

I wear my Watch on my Left Wrist. I shoot a Gun with my Right Hand.

What’s the “range” of the Signal?

[Telepathic Intruder]

In anticipation, the cops have probably already developed a radio jammer that prevents anyone from using the gun at all.

[Scrambler Bob]

Put a crank on it to charge battery, or a solar cell.

[kidd]

Great. Electronic devices to jam your ability to fire your weapon will become hot commodities on the street (and elsewhere).

[MNDude]

This would make a great scene in a thriller or horror movie. Serial murderer is coming up the stairs, victim pulls out safety gun, but it doesn’t work because she has really dirty hands. Will she be able to clean her hands sufficiently in time for the gun to work or will she become the killer’s next victim?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

How about the olden method of using just a file and a piece of railroad track? The firearm on the right was made with those two items. I have lots of other pictures of handmade guns if anyone is interested.

Then there those handmade Viet Cong handguns here.

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/other-handguns/viet-cong-1911-copy/

[longtermmemmory]

this is a boondoggle device. It is just like the ignition interlock scam which had the device maker lobbying judges to (campaign contributions) put it in cars.

(the same way red light camera makers promised tax revenue)

[PapaBear3625]

You can bet your last nickel that the cops have already figured out a way to disable them remotely.

That's the real point of "smart" guns. They will require a "remote disable" feature installed, as well as a "remote detect" feature (where that little transmitter that allows your gun to function will also advertise the fact that you're carrying to anybody with the right gear from up to a hundred yards away)

[JoeProBono]

[null and void]

Worth repeating:

They will require a "remote disable" feature installed, as well as a "remote detect" feature (where that little transmitter that allows your gun to function will also advertise the fact that you're carrying to anybody with the right gear from up to a hundred yards away)

[Mastador1]

I bet transmitting a strong CW carrier would prevent the receiver from getting its signal from the watch.

Exactly! How long would it take for an enterprising individual with no morals to start selling jammers to criminals? People would end up defenseless even though they had a gun. Sounds like exactly what liberals want.

[Charles Martel]

"remote detect" feature

It's frightful enough to imagine such technology in the hands of "law enforcement", but just wait until the street criminals get their hands on it.

Would wearing just the watch while carrying something like a 1911 be illegal, like hunting over a baited field?

[MasterGunner01]

Riddle me this: If and when your batteries go dead (and usually when it will be needed in the gravest extreme), then this pistol becomes as useful as a rock. This pistol needs to be tested by law enforcement agencies. I recommend the FBI and BATFE. If they can't or won't use the technology, then that says something about the usefulness of the idea, doesn't it?

[Second Amendment First]

Acid test, give it to the Secret Service.

[MasterGunner01]

That will also work!