Why the NRA is more monstrous than you think

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83. I'm a gun owner and strong supporter of the Second Amendment. ...

I see no problem with a manufacturer offering safe gun technology.

Currently it is possible to have a S&W revolver modified so that only the owner can fire it. I considered sending my carry revolver to the firm for the modification.

The Magna-Trigger Conversion

Smart gun technology affords us gun safety add-ons that can help protect others. Are you seriously concerned about the chance of you or others being slain or injured after an assailant grabs your gun from your "safe" holster or from your hand? This happens to many law enforcement officers each year! Of the injured, many are crippled for life.

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Your MODIFIED Smith & Wesson REVOLVER can help prevent these possibilities. Your special magnetic ring allows you instant firing of your gun, while your assailant (or your child finding your gun) will find it impossible to fire it!

Guns have been modified for police since June, 1976. For convenience, all magnetic rings allow firing of all modified guns. The device slides out for easy gun cleaning, and never requires oiling. Only one moving part is employed. The device is expected to outlast your gun by countless years. The powerful samarium magnets can last for centuries. The tiny stainless steel rings never tarnish, and weigh only five grams (1/5 ounce). You wear the ring on your middle finger for the six-shot guns and on the ring finger for the five-shot guns or the Ruger. Most officers wear a ring on both hands.
http://www.tarnhelm.com/magna-trigger/gun/safety/magna1.html

It is a damn good idea but unfortunately the modification costs $350.00 and $60.00 for each standard ring.

I would be interested in buying a "safe gun" with proven reliable technology if it was offered for a reasonable price. I do not believe it should be a requirement for all firearms sold but should be an an option.

Obviously if the technology is required and very expensive it might make it very difficult for a member of the lower middle class or the poor to buy a new firearm for self defense. Of course the wealthy upper class will still be able to purchase such firearms but they normally live in fairly safe, crime free areas.

Some probably feel the effort to require safe gun technology is a back door way to put gun manufacturers out of business. They might well have a point.