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.
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Yoko Ono. Now that’s a good one!
GOP Governor Candidate Speaks Out Against “Assault Rifles” and “Full Capacity Magazines”
February 21 2014
by Dan Cannon
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I’ve always said don’t just vote party lines if you want to protect your gun rights. There are some moderate Democrats, especially in state legislatures, who have been great friends to the Second Amendment. Likewise, there are Republicans who just about as anti-gun as you can be.
Case in point, California Governor Candidate Neel Kashkari made some disturbing comments about the Second Amendment.
According to SacBee,
“If you’re a single issue voter, and you just want someone to give you a full capacity assault rifle magazine, God bless you, you can go vote for somebody else,” Kashkari told a group of college Republicans at California State University, Sacramento. “I’m not your guy.”
“I do know philosophically that I deeply believe in protecting my own gun rights, and that means protecting your gun rights,” Kashkari said. “But I also believe that, you know, we need to be reasonable about things.”
Kashkari spoke broadly against “layering more gun rules on me, on responsible gun owners,” saying additional restrictions will not prevent gun violence or make people safer. But the former U.S. Treasury Department official said he does not oppose waiting periods or background checks, which he said “didn’t inconvenience me in the slightest” when he has purchased guns.
Keep in mind, this is supposed to be the conservative choice for California governor!
Kashkari has been taking a serious beating on his Twitter account, and to his credit he seems to be responding personally to most of the concerns. Although, I don’t think he’s really helping himself.
@2BPatriotic I was responding to a student question. He wanted me to say I would roll back all gun laws. #nope
— Neel Kashkari (@neelkashkari) February 21, 2014
@Shadowsbesideme yes, I am a gun owner myself and will defend all our rights
— Neel Kashkari (@neelkashkari) February 21, 2014
I’m really concerned about the future of California, which I fear before was already too far gone. Now that the so called “conservative” ballot options in that state are also becoming anti-gun I simply don’t know how California residents take back their state.
Despite what Kashkari says, in my opinion, and I’m pretty sure the opinion of most gun owners, supporting waiting periods, banning certain types of weapons, and magazine limits mean that you DO NOT support the Second Amendment. Period. It’s that simple.
Image Credit: Neel Kashkari Twitter Account
Waiting for the first trial where the murderer claims that his “smart” wristwatch was hacked by some “smart” ass and the “smart” wristwatch told his “smart” pistol to shoot another “smart”ass who was driving by in his “smart” car while talking on his “smart” phone. This is gonna be great.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3125791/posts?page=25#25
In the linked WaPo article at Fox News, the mfgr’s jammers are exposed, but they don’t make it into this Fox article.
Battery’s sold separately.
$1800 is double the price of a 40 cal Glock?
This article makes my head hurt.
Hey, the prudent shooter always keeps some spare battery’s in the field box.
Hold on a tick Mr bad guy, I have a spare 357 battery here...
For a .22cal pistol, yet! More like 3x the price. No batteries needed.
RFID enabled...
Probably means someone could figure out a way to keep that from working fairly easily.
At first glance, I read singer’s convention, but either one would work.
Reports of this thing being hacked will be coming out in 3, 2, 1...
LOL!!!
In the original linked WaPo article, the mfgr already has a way for gov’t/LEOs to do just that. Figures.
You forgot, There is no .22lr ammo available.
I'll bet you could pay extra and get a solar recharging option to keep the batteries alive to save the environment from those evil power plants. Or, wait, a wind turbine generator package for an extra $10,000.
Ideas so progressive, so advanced, and so brilliant that only a liberal would embrace them!
This is great news. Make it mandatory that all liberals buy this pistol. [The rest of us peasants will just make due with “Stone Age” models. (M1911: The original point and click interface.)] — sarcasm off
My Kimber 1911s will do just fine for me, thankyouverymuch, libtards!
Love those “dumb” firearms! They just work and work and work... no batteries needed!
http://centerfiresystems.com/HG3191-N.aspx
Centerfire Systems has tons of good reliable guns based on world class designs for $299 from company’s like EAA, Canik and Zastava.
http://centerfiresystems.com/firearms_handguns.aspx
Technology is slowly enslaving us.
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