[hoosierskypilot]

Seems I recall this has already been tried, and failed. Back in the '70's someone came up with an add-on for S&W revolvers that required the shooter wear a magnetized ring in order to fire the weapon. That bombed, too.

But, my beloved Tennessee is contemplating a similar bill?

We've let too many left-coasters move in!!!

[Cincinatus]

"We must have..... safer guns..... and safer bullets!" -- "Dr." Jocelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States of America.

[dirtboy]

The chip "remembers" an individual owner's hand grip, and thus prevents the gun from firing if anyone else attempts to use it.

I think we need a smart chip for computers. It will check to see if journalists HAVE a grip before allowing them to write opinion columns.

[traditionalist]

Smart guns would also be rendered useless if stolen.

How naive can you get.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Why didn't they mention that cops would be exempt from having to buy "smart guns"?

BTW, that was Rep. Henri "I hate America and will not say the Pledge of Allegiance" Brooks who introduced the "smart gun" bill here. It got about two minutes worth consideration.

[xsrdx]

Good stuff for the BANG List

[HogFixer]

Even though the weapon was a rifle, not a handgun, in the recent Washington sniper case, the gun couldn't have been used by the two individuals involved, had it been "smart."

I love that. What an empty, brainless statement.

Also, the police should be first to get issued these "safer" weapons.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"Smart guns" are the dumbest idea. They get the user killed.

[aruanan]

'Smart Guns' are Safer Guns

Not if the microchip gets fried; then it's just a piece of metal with a hand grip--and then how safe will one be using it in hand to hand combat?

[xsrdx]

Even though the weapon was a rifle, not a handgun, in the recent Washington sniper case, the gun couldn't have been used by the two individuals involved, had it been "smart."

The rocket scientists at the CSM need to 'splain that a teensy bit further.

Too many assumptions required for that to be an accurate statement.

[Billthedrill]

Smart guns use sensors in a gun's grip wired to a microchip inside the gun. The chip "remembers" an individual owner's hand grip, and thus prevents the gun from firing if anyone else attempts to use it.

Not only does no technology resembling this description exist, none of which I am aware is even being contemplated. "Remembers an individual owner's hand grip?" Huh? How?

Now, for those of us who like to practice weak-hand shooting or for a cop who experiences an injury to his shooting hand, this would be a bit of a problem, wouldn't it?

[Fiddlstix]

'Smart Guns' are Safer Guns

<insanity>
"Liberal Logic" once again
Smart Guns
</insanity>
'Nuff Said!

[toddst]

Obviously the folks at the CSM know nothing about firearms - which in itself is no great surprise. I their present form as strictly mechanical devices handguns specifically can be fussy and malfunction just when you need them to work perfectly. Now let's add some sort of electronics to this assembly of metal and see what failures we get due to intense recoil, vibration, cleaning materials, oil, and battery breakdown.

Are we surprised that law enforcement agencies want nothing to to with systems that WILL break down exactly as Murphy's Law predicts?

The only small-arms electrically-based system I know anything about is the new electric ignition Remington rifle. Reads like a good cartridge ignition system, but not because it's "smart."

[alpowolf]

Gun accidents, including suicides,

What incredible nonsense. This proves yet again that these people are up to no good. I know perfectly well that they're not so stupid as to not realise that a person who commits suicide with a gun most likely owns it. They are hoping that most of the sheeple are stupid enough to buy it.

[anobjectivist]

and what happens when I have some dirt on my hand/fingers?

What happens if the batteries go dead?

How much will this increase the cost of guns?

How will hunters be able to hunt in cold weather? (gloves anyone?)

[stylin19a]

Even though such "smart gun" technology is not yet fully developed,...

so much for the title

[Redcloak]

Smart guns =

[Djarum]

IIRC, 20% of police officers who are killed on the job by firearms, die by their own weapon. Is the military even exploring this technology for the next generation of infantry rifles? I will trust a 'smart gun' only when our troops and cops are confident in them.

[Joe Brower]

'Smart Guns' are Safer Guns =

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

NOW THERE'S A GUN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RESELL OR TRADE!

[EBUCK]

New Jersey also passed another bill requiring that Ejection seats launch occupants at least 50 meters from their malfunctioning hover cars...

What a crock. Smart guns for a stupid state. Who the hell elected these people?

EBUCK