Posted on 01/29/2018 11:37:11 AM PST by PROCON
Armatix
LODESTAR FIREARMS IS DEVELOPING A NEW SMART GUN CHAMBERED IN 9MM THAT IT HOPES WILL GAIN WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE AMONG AMERICANS.
A new smart gun company says its pistol will serve as the gateway to mass acceptance of smart guns in the United States.
According to The Trace, LodeStar Firearms based out of Philadelphia is in development on a smart gun chambered in 9mm and featuring radio frequency identification (RFID) tech which will ward off hackers. The MSRP on the gun will be about $750 and the goal is to have it available in 2019. The pistol is designed by Ernst Mauch, a former Heckler & Koch engineer who previously worked for Armatix but left after disagreeing with the way that company developed and marketed its iP1 pistol.
The already-controversial iP1 came under intense criticism last year when a hacker demonstrated that he was able to bypass the security system of the gun—which involves firing when paired with an accompanying RFID wrist watch—to make it fire a number of different ways, including using $15 worth of magnets.
That won’t happen with LodeStar’s gun, says CEO Gareth Glaser.
The smart gun will have a non-magnetic lock and fire only when it’s within three or four inches of a chip, which would make it harder for the gun to be interfered with, Glaser claims.
In an interview with NBC Philadelphia, Glaser refers to the chip as a “token” which would be placed in a watch, or “a ring, in a bracelet, or quite possibly implanted right here between your thumb and forefinger,” Glaser said.
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Is that an assault Nerf?
Unless it can micro-stamp, it won’t be CA approved.
None of my hand guns are hackable.........nor are my rifles or shotguns.
Mine are only hackable. You have to hack my arms to get them.
Hey, has anyone got any batteries? I’m almost out...//sarc.
If I remember correctly New Jersey has a law stating if a handgun/firearm like this is sold in the private market (I think even just one gun) then all other firearms are banned from sales in the state.
If this POS pistol sells there they will then corner the market and make a lot of money until other manufacturers catch up.
It requires batteries. Batteries die. The concept is dead.
And if you get a new gun you have to go to a doctor to dig out the old implant and get a new one? If you own multiple guns you need a fistful of implants?
I can just see the class action legal ads on TV for all the health complications. Lodestar better set aside a billion dollars for that up front.
LOL! What fool wants one?
Shot my .357 on Saturday.... revolvers are thing of beauty. Simple, reliable and the only time it doesn’t go bang is when #7 turns out be #1 (again). Love my semi-auto too, 17 round mag, lots of fun.
Neither require batteries, RFID chips, etc. They just do what guns are supposed to do when you need them.
So you're saying if this thing goes on the market, and Bloomberg buys one, he effectively bans gun sales (except for these particular guns) in the state?
Wow.
Aren't there laws against monopolies?
If the transceiver in the gun is that low-powered, it won’t take much to jam it, either.
Where do they find people stupid enough to invest in s##t like this?
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Bull$hit!
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I have had and still do (grandchildren) have small children in my house with a bunch of “stupid” guns. Never have had any problem, ever.
I chalk that up to good parenting and training the munchkins early.
Yup. Dan Wesson 6” Vent rib shoots just fine after a bunch of years. Bought it at a TG&Y in ‘83.
They might sell a couple....in Taxafornia. No real American would be caught dead with that pussified piece of junk.
From what I gather from participating in many firearms threads here on FR, yes. The retails sales of "smart guns" immediately bans any more sales of real firearms.
who don't use firearms.
In the democRat party.
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