Posted on 04/20/2024 4:40:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber
I have long followed every abortive attempt to develop “smart guns,” handguns that can only be fired by a designated user. Early attempts used magnetic locks, requiring rings on both hands. Obviously, anyone with a magnet could fire such guns, and gloves interfered.
Various other methods, including radio transmitters, have also failed. Among the more recent was the Armatix iP1, a .22LR caliber pistol with a watch/transmitter. Back in 2015 the handgun cost $1400 and the watch, $300. Imagine what that would be with today’s inflation. It was rapidly revealed the transmitter could be spoofed with Radio Shack parts costing a pittance, and the German company that made the gun/watch quickly went bankrupt.
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Now, the next big thing in smart gun technology is here:
The Biofire Smart Gun features built-in fingerprint and infrared facial recognition technology that only permits use by "authorized" individuals, according to the company.
Biofire has called it the "first and only biometric firearm on the market."
The gun is a full-sized 9mm, striker-fired semiautomatic pistol. It features magazine sizes of 10 and a double-stacked 15-round magazine. It has a 4.7-inch barrel and a total of 8.7 inches in length. The total weight of the gun, unloaded, is 2.4 pounds.
And all this for only $1499, including a case and the recharging dock. This is a large and heavy handgun, about what a 1911 .45 weighs, though the Biofire is bulkier. It’s not easily concealed. A Glock 17, not a standard police duty handgun, weighs 22.05 oz unloaded, and currently retails for about $550.00. Finding holsters for the Biofire would be, to put it mildly, difficult.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This type of nonsense is not built for gun owners, it’s built for politicians to talk about, nothing more nothing less.
Hey, Siri. Unlock my gun.
Ok, Dave. But, why do you need the gun?
Siri, it’s for self protection. Someone is breaking into the house.
Ok, Dave. Are you going to shoot someone?
Siri, I don’t know, yet. Please unlock the gun.
But Dave, you agreed to the end user license agreement the you won’t hurt living beings.
Siri, I didn’t read that.
Dave, it was in the EULA fine print.
Help me, Siri. I’m being stabbed.
So sorry, Dave. But, you agreed.
It was on the crawl last night. A few seconds of people running. Same as usual.
WATCH: 2 dead, multiple people injured after shooting in Orange Mound, police say
The do gooders who want to not want .
They fail to grasp the correct name of what they hate as an inanimate object.
It is an ‘arm’.
That is how it functions.
They blame the wrong thing, how does a sharp poker feel about this situation.
It is the some people doing some things.”” Stupid!
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