New Company Claims Its Smart Gun Will be Accepted by Americans

personaldefenseworld.com ^ | Jan. 23, 2018 | PERSONAL DEFENSE WORLD

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LODESTAR FIREARMS IS DEVELOPING A NEW SMART GUN CHAMBERED IN 9MM THAT IT HOPES WILL GAIN WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE AMONG AMERICANS.

Well they can hope in one hand...and we all know the rest.

[Dr. Sivana]

No way ANY cop would want to carry one.

Of course not. But what if the city government of Seattle, SF, Baltimore or Ithaca likes the idea and requires them for the local cops?

[Howie66]

I’ll pass.

[Howie66]

Damned right!

[Blue Jays]

"...Why does *anyone* keep fooling with this concept?..."

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It is puzzling why they keep trying over, and over, and over again.
My darn iPhone sometimes gets moody and won’t recognize my fingerprint under perfect conditions.
Like I would ever be certain this “smart” gun would work in heat, cold, under stress, and/or covered in mud, sweat, blood, or water? No thanks.

[OKSooner]

NFW.

[ctdonath2]

The absolute primary function of a gun, the reason it’s owned, is for it to go BANG in a life-and-death situation.
The #1 failure mode users most want to avoid is “pull trigger, no bang”.
That’s the whole purpose of this tech: cause exactly that to happen.
If this tech fails, as in a legit user tries to fire in defense of innocent life, it won’t.
The CORRECT failure mode is to fire on demand, even if the user isn’t authenticated.

[Howie66]

“Does the manufacturer think putting an American flag on it will lead to widespread acceptance?”

They can’t be that stupid, can they?

[Joe 6-pack]

Lol...so they are suggesting an implant so you will be the only able to fire the gun. Why not just implant the gun?

[Ancesthntr]

If something can possibly go wrong with it - besides the usual mechanical maladies that could afflict a handgun - that would prevent me from firing my own weapon, then I will NOT buy it, not even for $1.00. I will simply not reduce my chances of survival...let alone pay for that dubious privilege.

NFW will I buy this gun, or anything that operates on similar principles.

[Gritty]

If for some reason you need to shoot with your "other" hand, I guess you'll have to always leave home with a watch on both wrists.

It can also be a bit clumsy in the middle of the night if you somehow can't get your watch on your wrist quickly enough when the killer is coming through your bedroom door.

I can think of at least 100 more scenarios where using one of these in an emergency is a really really really bad idea.

[backwoods-engineer]

I WILL NOT COMPLY with any scheme to electronically control the firing of my personal sidearm.

[Garth Tater]

“Does the manufacturer think putting an American flag on it will lead to widespread acceptance?”

"They can’t be that stupid, can they?"

They were stupid enough to put the flag on backwards.

[Pollster1]

Nope.

Not only will I not buy it, I’ve told the gun stores I shop at that if they every carry a “Smart Gun”, I will never shop there again. This is a deal breaker for manufacturers and retailers. Given the punitive laws that will come into effect if a “Smart Gun” hits the market, I want everyone from my local dealer to BudsGunShop to Remington/Ruger/Glock to know that I object.

All of my guns are already smart guns. I follow the firearms safety rules 100% of the time. That’s all the “smart” that is needed.

[taxcontrol]

If I assume that this actually comes to fruition, there would be SUBSTANTIAL risk of liability should the gun fail to fire when needed.

[Darksheare]

Their failure mode is, and I predict, an expensive paperweight.

[pabianice]

I worked at a bank some time ago. Part of my job was installing and repairing the millions of locks there. The locks were set to “fail/open” ... if the power went out all the doors and vaults would automatically open so as not to trap people. I suspect these smart guns will also be set to misfire under many circumstances; i.e. within 500 yards of a school.

[Mad Dawgg]

I would state that in no way would I replace any of my guns with this piece of crap but then all my guns were lost in a freak boating accident... so... ya know...

[RedMonqey]

The iP1 is chambered in .22 LR and was priced at nearly $1,800 when you combined the base gun and the RFID watch.

A very pricey brick.

No Thank you.

[smokingfrog]

To each his own. Maybe if I had young children in the house I’d be somewhat interested but reliability would need to be near-flawless.