Ejection may not be, I say ejection may not be an option in some accident scenarios.
Posted on 11/15/2015 4:31:56 PM PST by smokingfrog
In May 2014, NRA staffers secretly tested the Armatix iP1, the so-called "smart gun" that at the time was causing a furor among both media and gun owners nationwide. What we found was disappointing at best, and alarming at worst.
NRA sent a team of firearm experts to an undisclosed range (at the request of our hosts) to do real-world tests of the iP1. To our knowledge, NRA is the only organization that has actually conducted real-world tests of the iP1 under range conditions.
Guns & Gear Editor and team member Frank Winn penned a review of the iP1 for America's 1st Freedom. However, A1F withheld publication of the test results for fear that an honest review of the poorly functioning Armatix might be misconstrued as opposition to the technology itself. NRA was already being falsely accused of blocking smart gun development, and the expensive, small-caliber Armatix was failing on its own due to fears that sale of the gun would trigger New Jersey's infamous mandate requiring similar technology in all guns.
In truth, NRA has never opposed smart guns, believing the marketplace should decide their future. Rather, NRA opposes government mandates of expensive, unproven technology, and smart guns are a prime example of that.
However, smart guns have been making a comeback in the news lately. On Oct. 22, the Washington Post reported on the recent activity of the iP1's designer, German Ernst Mauch, as he attempted to rehabilitate the iP1's reputation, as well as his own: "It's operating perfectly."
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No thanks. Another gizmo that will fail when you need it most.
Ejection may not be, I say ejection may not be an option in some accident scenarios.
Smartcoffin.
You get crushed and they can just shovel whats left into your grave.
So many makers of 1911s today, some are built so much better than others.
But, but. but... the gun control experts say this is the ‘safest’ gun. A gun that even when needed to work for the right reasons,,,might not.
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I can’t wait to see the lawsuit for that one.
- 1911’s are normally pretty reliable. You need to have good, high quality magazines though. The magazines are often the problem & not the gun.
Most people never changed the default password on the old machines. A hacker could war dial till he got one and then change the message to “hello [pause] yea, sure” and subsequently refer an operator to that number for third party billing.
I will boycott any company that manufactures “smart guns” and any dealer that sells them (brick-and-mortar or Internet). If forced to buy one, I will disable the “smart” features immediately. There is nothing stupider than a gun designed to fail, which is the whole purpose of a “smart” gun.
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