Posted on 01/07/2016 5:07:35 PM PST by Kaslin
resident Obama is the top recipient in campaign cash from the "smart gun" manufacturing industry, which stands to benefit from his executive action calling for more research into the technology.
The National Institute of Justice, a research, development, and evaluation agency of the Department of Justice, released a report in 2013 consisting of a review of the smart gun industry. The report identified ten companies that focus exclusively on smart gun technology.
Of the smart gun companies that made political contributions, Obama was the top recipient of campaign funds in 2008 and 2012, according to campaign finance data.
The president ordered the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security to undertake new research programs into smart gun technology on Tuesday. He told them to produce a joint report "outlining a research and development strategy designed to expedite the real-world deployment of such technology for use in practice" within the next three months.
Obama also directed the agencies to review the availability of smart gun technology and "explore potential ways to further its use and development to more broadly improve gun safety." He also instructed them to "consult with other agencies that acquire firearms and take appropriate steps to consider whether including such technology in specifications for acquisition of firearms would be consistent with operational needs."
The results of the order may create an influx of millions of dollars into the smart gun industry.
Sandia National Laboratories, a company that acts as a contractor to the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, has given tens of thousands to Obama's coffers, donating $19,900 to his 2008 campaign. Sandia pushed an additional $17,090 in contributions to Obama's campaign during the 2012 presidential election.
The laboratories fall under the umbrella of the Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the national defense company Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin, who also donated to Republican candidates, gave a total of $262,376 to Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology, a Newark-based public research university also mentioned within the report, has additionally given more to Obama in 2008 and 2012 than any other candidate.
The institute gave $8,050 of its $9,100 in political donations to Obama. In 2012, the institute gave an overwhelming majority of its donated money to Obama, this time consisting of donations totaling $9,625.
No other smart gun company listed within the report made political contributions during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles.
Sandia National Laboratories and the New Jersey Institute of Technology did not respond to requests for comment on their contributions by press time.
Smart guns are like Jeb Bush. Nobody wants one.
Who could have guessed that .... similar to the renewable energy campaign pay-to-play pimping.
[ Smart guns are like Jeb Bush. Nobody wants one. ]
Like a smart gun can’t be “hacked” anyways....
Morons! People hack their smart phones to jail break them, but obama says you can lock you smart phone...
What happens when someone can’t shoot their smart gun because the battery is low in it or the sensor broke in a struggle and a homeowner gets shot.
Liability? Is Obama gonna personally settle that lawsuit out of court?
It’s always about the money.
Or power that can get you the money.
Oh, the jokes just make themselves. I won’t even go their, but I really want to channel my inner Henny Youngman on this one...
I am disgusted that Sandia is involved in this horrible project. Any company that makes, wholesales, or retails a “Smart Gun” will be permanently boycotted by me. That goes for my local gun shop, for BudsGunShop.com (which I love), for Colt/Ruger/S&W/Whatever. If they force me to trade real guns for “Smart Guns”, I will resist. Failing that, I will hack the Smart Gun to turn it back into a real gun. “Smart Guns” are a terrible, dangerous idea, and they must be stopped (which is why liberals love and support the idea).
Solar Panels and Smart Guns ... he has made alot of people rich with OPM.
With these smart guns being so wonderful, I am sure the S.S. Will want them for the Presidential security detail.
Yeah! More taxpayer $$ down the tubes.
Crank up the next QE ink reservoir and goto town...it’s only another unconstitutional encroachment and economic slavery /s
All this in hopes of being eaten last.
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