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Exclusive: Smart guns finally arriving in U.S., seeking to shake up firearms market
reuters ^ | Jan. 11, 2022 | Daniel Trotta

Posted on 01/11/2022 7:47:12 AM PST by PROCON

Rob Regent of SGW Designworks breaks down the inner working of the 9mm smart gun, which works only for the designated user, during a presentation for shareholders and potential investors in Boise, Idaho, U.S. January 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Losness

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers after two decades of questions about reliability and concerns they will usher in a new wave of government regulation.

Four-year-old LodeStar Works on Friday unveiled its 9mm smart handgun for shareholders and investors in Boise, Idaho. And a Kansas company, SmartGunz LLC, says law enforcement agents are beta testing its product, a similar but simpler model.

Both companies hope to have a product commercially available this year.

LodeStar co-founder Gareth Glaser said he was inspired after hearing one too many stories about children shot while playing with an unattended gun. Smart guns could stop such tragedies by using technology to authenticate a user's identity and disable the gun should anyone else try to fire it.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; alreuters; armedcitizen; banglist; danieltrotta; garethglaser; lodestarworks; rkba; rooters; smartguns; smartgunz; smartgunzllc
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To: PROCON

I can’t even get my $800 cell phone to recognize my fingerprint without trying two or more times.


41 posted on 01/11/2022 8:18:44 AM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: PROCON

Good God. Only a moron would buy one of these things.


42 posted on 01/11/2022 8:22:06 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: PROCON

They’ll be sued out of business when the first one fails,


43 posted on 01/11/2022 8:27:28 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: PROCON

Never bring a smartgun to a dumbfight.


44 posted on 01/11/2022 8:35:12 AM PST by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect..it was NYC.)
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To: PROCON

As states adopt Constitutional Carry, things like this is DUMB


45 posted on 01/11/2022 8:51:17 AM PST by qaz123
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To: bunkerhill7

A gun is only as smart as it’s user.


46 posted on 01/11/2022 8:52:46 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: rktman
"And if the internet is down?"

Chilling to think our Bill of Rights can be nullified by the UN controlling IP address allotments (ICANN).

47 posted on 01/11/2022 9:04:12 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Magnum44

Exactly.

Maybe when we’re all herded into Mega City One...


48 posted on 01/11/2022 9:15:30 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: PROCON

Coming soon to a movie-set near you.


49 posted on 01/11/2022 9:18:26 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: OKSooner

The more I know about Guns,
The more I Love Revolvers!


50 posted on 01/11/2022 9:25:02 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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To: PROCON

We mandated smart cars too. Now we can’t buy one.


51 posted on 01/11/2022 9:26:10 AM PST by nagant
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To: Carl Vehse
Next is internet-linked guns, with the federal or state kakistocracy having access to deactivate your gun.

Or worse--keeping them enabled, but only at the range (based on GPS location). The owner has no idea that it's been disabled for every other location--including at home.

52 posted on 01/11/2022 9:31:55 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: Jonty30

Just a sec… I need to take my glove off so I can shoot you Mr. Rapist.


53 posted on 01/11/2022 9:40:10 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: PROCON
Not just no, HELL NO!

What if my hands are dirty/bloody?

What if I'm wearing gloves?

What if I have to resort to shooting weak-handed?

What if he gun gets drenched in water/covered in mud?

What if I am felled and my [wife/son/daughter/neighbor/cat] picks up my gun to continue the fight?

How am I supposed to defend myself WHEN (not if ) the batteries are dead?

If "smart" guns become widespread, the gummint WILL invent jammers to prevent them working on their command.


Only stupid people would buy a "smart" gun and any mainstream manufacturer who engages in developing, manufacturing or selling them should be boycotted.

54 posted on 01/11/2022 9:51:26 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: PROCON

And just like new cars staring in 2025, they can be shut off remotely.


55 posted on 01/11/2022 9:59:48 AM PST by asformeandformyhouse (I've been listening to a lot of rap music lately. Mostly at red lights and stop signs.)
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To: PROCON

Hard Pass.

P.s. get your 80% lowers before the new rule change goes in effect. That’s just a few days. Handguns, too. Glocks...


56 posted on 01/11/2022 10:00:04 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: PROCON

This technology will limit ADs and gun theft. Not bad but...not gonna help with gun violence. Unless we are forced to trade “up”.


57 posted on 01/11/2022 10:00:52 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Imagine, if you will, a vaccine so safe you have to be threatened to take it. )
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To: PROCON

Smart guns will be keyed to your WiFi covid implant.


58 posted on 01/11/2022 10:03:45 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: PROCON

Yep!
Just what one needs in the seconds that your life may hang in the balance...
Don’t worry about those sweaty hands...
Just put your glasses on and fire up the PIN pad...
Hmmm... Was it 1234 or 4231 or 3142 or 1423 or ... (Is that blood leaking from me?)


59 posted on 01/11/2022 10:37:14 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Thanks,
I bet Anti Gunners are promoting this Crap.


60 posted on 01/11/2022 11:09:15 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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