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.
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They will mandate it.
Hope it works better than the pretend fingerprint recognition on my iPhone.
Just imagine - you pull your gun to confront a carjacker, or home-invader.
Red light flashes: “fingerprint unable to read...please contact our customer service between 8 and 5 Central time”
Less than a second? Is it WIFI or Bluetooth, a wired Ethernet connection may be faster. Probably transmits your fingerprint to the FBI every time you shoot it.
How long does it take the software to recognize the fingerprint and unlock the safety?
If they do, it needs to start with police, but also FBI, ATF, IRS and any and all other federal departments that carry.
Hey Brandon! You can executive order that!
Won't last 10 minutes...
No sale.
Their advertising campaign should be:
And those that purchase them can still shoot up a school.
Next.
I never heard of biofire before, but now I know who to boycott.
“a life-saving fingerprint unlocking system that prevents “unauthorized” people such as kids and criminals from firing it.”
It may even save the life of the criminal when it fails to work for the criminals intended victim.
Pimps like kalifornians might mandate it, but it'll never float in Free America.
gun unlocks in less than a second, using either a fingerprint or facial recognition sensor,
= = =
So the perp takes your gun, points it at your face, and it recognizes you and fires, right?
Can the user load up facial images of other ‘selected owners’, so it will only fire at them?
And if one’s hands are bloody from fending off an assault?
I never could get that feature to work as well.
And, what if someone needing his or her gun in an urgency has an injury to the hand? Sutures, scars, bug bite, bandages? Battery failures can happen. Dirt or scratches on the lens can happen. Might EMP be another concern?
Oh, and remember when there were cars that would not start unless the seatbelts were clicked shut? Lots of bad guys took advantage of drivers trying to get those to work IIRC.
The smart gun for not-so-smart people.
Bullshit.
The armed agents of the State are not going to use this junk, and we all know whay.
Ping.
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