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First-ever ‘smart gun’ with fingerprint unlocking system hits the market
NY Post ^ | 04/13/2023 | Rich Calder and Natalie O'Neill

Posted on 04/13/2023 7:58:32 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The world’s first “smart gun” hit the market Thursday, complete with a life-saving fingerprint unlocking system that prevents “unauthorized” people such as kids and criminals from firing it.

The cutting-edge 9mm handgun locks out everybody except the owner and users specifically approved by the owner — technology that could improve gun safety in America, according to reps from the gun-making firm Biofire.

“Right now it seems like the entire country is always processing a new tragedy involving children and guns,” the Colorado-based firm’s CEO Kai Kloepfer told The Post. “We are offering a real solution, at a time when solutions seem very hard to come by.”

The $1,499 gun unlocks in less than a second, using either a fingerprint or facial recognition sensor, then quickly locks again when it’s no longer in use.

As gun control legislation remains largely stalled in the US, the innovation could help prevent everything from school shootings to accidents and suicides, reps from the company said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; fingerprint; gun; smart; unlocking
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fingerprint readers have problems with sweaty finger tips, yet in a time a stress, you are going to have sweaty finger tips. That’s a problem. Do they have a solution?


21 posted on 04/13/2023 8:16:13 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Evidently the fringe left has seen "something nasty in the woodshed" Ala Stella Gibbons)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Facial recognition is even worse


22 posted on 04/13/2023 8:18:00 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Evidently the fringe left has seen "something nasty in the woodshed" Ala Stella Gibbons)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Absolutely NO. My local DEERS office takes 40 minutes to get the required 80% match of my fingerprint for my CAC card. My phone fingerprint read fails most of the time. In a self defense situation, you have to be able to unholster, get sights on the target and fire in a nominal 1.5 seconds if you hope to prevail. A failed fingerprint match means you are dead and the criminal just scored a crappy $1500 pistol.
23 posted on 04/13/2023 8:18:06 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: grobdriver

They always exempt themselves.


24 posted on 04/13/2023 8:21:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is it A I and if so can it be deactivated (jammed) remotely?


25 posted on 04/13/2023 8:22:00 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

a second is a long time. a perp with a knife fan easly cover 20 to 30 feet in that time. demonstrated by a swat team leader. buy one of these guns and cosider yourself one ofvthe walking dead.


26 posted on 04/13/2023 8:22:11 AM PDT by Ronald77
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To: ChicagoConservative27

just what i wanna do in an emergency- rely on computer tech to unlock the gun for me-


27 posted on 04/13/2023 8:23:07 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Agree

The $1,499 gun unlocks in less than a second

You can be dead in less time if it’s a surprise deal


28 posted on 04/13/2023 8:24:22 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Da Coyote

My iPhone works fine...so long as it and my finger are clean. Be just my luck someone kicked in the door while I was eating pizza. These guns will cost more lives than they save.


29 posted on 04/13/2023 8:24:46 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

100% virtue signaling guaranteed! Won’t do a darn thing to help anyone, but it’ll sure make you feeeeeeeel good about it.


30 posted on 04/13/2023 8:24:52 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: grobdriver

“If they do, it needs to start with police, but also FBI, ATF, IRS and any and all other federal departments that carry.”

I know that in at least one blue state, the cops got a cutout on the law that will mandate these guns.


31 posted on 04/13/2023 8:26:37 AM PDT by BobL
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ian McCollum did a review of this Smart Gun on Forgotten Weapons, just this morning. He gave it a positive review. Kinda surprised me. He claimed the developers were aiming for only one segment of the market, not a ‘one size fits all’.
It is interesting to say the least.


32 posted on 04/13/2023 8:26:51 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: Da Coyote

“Hope it works better than the pretend fingerprint recognition on my iPhone.”

LOL! NO DOUBT!


33 posted on 04/13/2023 8:27:00 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A sensor. What could go wrong? 🙄


34 posted on 04/13/2023 8:28:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can the fingerprint system be defeated? Answer - very likely, so it’s really only effective for honest gun owners.

What’s the bottom line? A Backdoor extreme tax on gun purchases - around $1000. A clever way to weaken the Second Amendment protections.


35 posted on 04/13/2023 8:29:03 AM PDT by BobL
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What a boatload of bullshit. Yes, only the authorized can fire the weapon. Anything digital can be manipulated by the state. And if they don’t want anyone to fire the gun except cops or government people, that’s what it will be.


36 posted on 04/13/2023 8:29:55 AM PDT by redfreedom (You can vote your way into socialism, but you may have to shoot your way out.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

...and trigger etiquette will be a thing of the past. Some things should not be biometric. Self defense is one! Way too easy to hack, spy and so forth.


37 posted on 04/13/2023 8:32:27 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: PGR88

Yep. Nightmare.


38 posted on 04/13/2023 8:33:39 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: vpintheak

Feds go first.

batteries that can will fail.

I am guessing the average non shooter’s night stand gun is bought, brought to the range ONCE, fired. Put into a drawer and NEVER thought about again. What are the odds that bettery gets changed as required?

The sensor, will need to be 100% clear or ANY dust, dirt, lint.

The hands must be clean (dry?)

The user, under stress, will need to make sure that the finger is in EXACTLY the correct position to unlock.

Does this need to be unlocked for every shot?

No thanks. I’ll take antiquated tech.

A gun needs to be 1000% reliable at all times.


39 posted on 04/13/2023 8:33:52 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: uranium penguin

Can the Maker be sued or held liable, if the gun fails to fire? and the owner is injured or killed?


40 posted on 04/13/2023 8:35:54 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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