Posted on 02/22/2014 4:53:44 AM PST by Carriage Hill
The first so-called “smart gun” has hit the shelves at U.S. retail outlets, including one of the biggest firearms stores in California, according to the Washington Post.
The Smart System iP1, a .22-caliber pistol made by the German gun-maker Armatix GmbH, can only function with an accompanying wristwatch, which is sold separately.
When the RFID-equipped watch is activated by a PIN number and placed near the gun — like when a shooter grips the handle — it sends a signal to unlock the gun and a light on the back of the weapon turns green, according to the report. Otherwise, the firearm stays locked and the light on the back remains red, it stated.
The pistol sells for $1,399 and the watch retails for another $399 — more than double the cost of .40-caliber Glock handgun, according to the article.
The company is betting that demand for the technology will increase as consumers seek guns modified for safety.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Watch dead/disabled = firearm dead/disabled. How convenient. What do you want to bet the mfgr has a device for gov’t to use to point at gun owners, and instantly disable the weapons thru the watch. Mini-EMP blast.
Since that technology doesn’t even exist yet, Kali is mandating it. A court challenge is ahead, if not already in the works.
LOLMAO! (Just cleared the coffee before reading that one, or it would have been a spew event...)
Yeah, don’t forget to put on your watch at 2am when someone breaks into your house; otherwise your gun’s a brick.
No bet. Drill down to the original WaPo article, and you will find this gem:
A variety of approaches are in development. Armatix, the German company behind the iP1, uses RFID chips, which can be found on anti-theft tags attached to expensive clothing. TriggerSmart, an Irish company, also uses RFID chips, though with a ring instead of a watch. The company also has technology that would render guns inoperable if they approached electronic markers — for instance, near a school.
How's that for convenient? Police knock down your door and carry an RFID "jammer" that makes all non-police smart guns inoperative.
There is a market for this that actually does make sense... For instance; for years, I have been forced to lock my loaded home defense handguns in a damned mini-safe on the nightstand. Why? Kids. Sure, I’ve exposed them, tried to teach them, they even shoot them... but, in the end they are 10 year old boys. It would be nice to put an RFID chip on my wrist when I climb into bed and not have to worry about it, I could leave my handgun where it nees to be; laying out in the open on my nightstand. But this raises several trade-off arguments. Reliability? Breaking the most basic gun safety rules to rely on a tech safety? And of course what you mentioned... if an RFID chip can enable it, so can one disable it.
Call me when ALL the police have them—and they have proven to work PERFECTLY for-—say-—five years or so.
Wii tawded...
Ahnold signed the legislation in I think 2008, and part of the law said that it went into effect when the California AG certified that the technology does exist. That happened last May.
I just checked the California Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale and this gun is on the list. So it was approved before the microstamping law went into effect.
However, if they make any changes in manufacture at all, it will have to be recertified and in order to pass it must also have microstamping technology.
This is why Ruger and Smith a& Wesson have said they will no longer be able to offer new guns to California.
Since 1976, there has been the “Magna-trigger”, which was a finger ring, on the inside of which was a unique pattern of magnets that matched a set on the inside of the pistol grip.
While it works, sort of, most gun users put it in the category a “harassment” device, like trigger locks and microstamping, advocated by gun controllers, as just one of many other ways to make guns less useful, and to criminalize gun owners for not obeying all the rules.
The acid test for such things is if individuals think they want and need them, they can buy them. But almost immediately, the gun controllers demand that they be forced on those who don’t want them.
An RIA FS .45 retails for about $400.
Going to be one hell of a great year for the black market.
Yep; KNEW that was to be part of it, somewhere.
lets see... your house is getting broken into ...
you go to get your “smart gun”
but wait! liberals have made you put it in a cabinet!
ok, so you open the cabinet
but wait! liberals have made you put a trigger lock on it!
ok, so you unlock the trigger lock
but wait! liberals have forced you to store the ammo in a different location!
ok, so you go to that other location (which might also have to be locked) and get the ammo
but wait! your gun is one of the “smart guns” liberals have forced on you, so you also have to find the wrist band.
but wait! the batteries are dead in one or both!
gun wont work.
but wait! it doesn’t matter because, your dead
First off it’s a .22 and if G_D himself made it $1800.00 is a little high on price. Ruger SR-22 $359.00 with treaded barrel and a extra mag and it goes bang every time you pull the trigger. Keep it simple stupid and you will live longer.
Next Tech. Rfid jammers and scanners linked to gps locator. gun rfid linked to specific frequency. Cops will have them. They will sit in dark rooms tracking every gun with a kill switch for every gun linked to every owner’s DOT registration and Facebook page. After mandating every weapon possesses the rfid tech.
This just isn’t going to work well at all. At best, it’s a “reasonable guess” based upon 10 shots.
http://nssf.org/factsheets/PDF/Microstamping.pdf
They'll get the owner killed because they're .22 caliber.
At $1,800 for a pistol, I'd say that is a very poor bet.
Nothing like not knowing your market. I can't imagine anyone paying that kind of money for an over priced target gun.
From "Blackhawk Down":
Steele: I'm talking about your weapon, soldier. Now Delta or no-Delta, that's still a hot weapon. Your safety should be on at all times.
"Hoot": This is my safety, sir. [He holds up his index finger and bends motions as if squeezing a trigger and then walks off]
It sounds like a gun-grabber plan to reduce the number of law-abiding gun owners.By one method or another.
This is GREAT! Now all we need is another law to prevent criminals from buying ammunition and we will stop all gun crime!!!! /s
The manufacturer won’t sell many of these, but is hoping gov’t will force people to buy them. Trust me, the CA pols will force this just as they have with microstamping.
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