Posted on 01/12/2013 6:05:44 AM PST by Olog-hai
Capping three days of meetings on ways to stem gun violence in light of the Connecticut shootings last month, Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday he was interested in technology that would keep a gun from being fired by anyone other than the person who bought it.
And it became clear that President Barack Obama plans to push for a controversial ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines to stem gun violence in his State of the Union address next month. …
Technology for so-called “smart guns” is being developed, although, so far there has been little demand for it. Various techniques such as fingerprint recognition or the wearing of a magnetic ring would prevent anyone other than a weapon’s registered owner from firing it.
The National Rifle Association and other groups have come out against smart guns in the past and did not respond to a New York Times article on the subject this week. Instead, the NRA has placed most the blame for recent mass shootings on violent video games and lack of treatment for the mentally ill. …
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When it’s good enough for cops (including the Secret Service), then we’ll look into whether it’s good enough to mandate on the people.
Post of the day.
Biden invoking anything labeled “smart” is an irony too rich to pass up.
Somehow the word ‘’smart’’ and Joe Biden in the same sentence just doesn’t come across right.
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