Tierney Files "Safe-Gun" Legislation

[AtheistCrusader]

49. You don't understand because for a firearm to WORK is not your top priority.

I expect my firearms to work, first time, every time. Pull trigger, it goes bang. Period. If it doesn't my training can get it to go bang, in short order.

That is its primary purpose. That is WHY I OWN THEM.

You are advocating for a feature that can easily lead to a gun NOT going bang WHEN I INTEND FOR IT TO.

I get why. I do. And I don't blame you if I look at it from your vantage point. I really don't. Hopefully you can try seeing things from mine.

*I* do not leave my guns lying around. I secure them. I maintain a list of serial numbers that I am perfectly willing to share with the police should some ninja master thief somehow break into my home and abscond with the entire safes, or turn out to be some master safe cracker or some other unlikely scenario. I control access to my firearms like anyone should control access to a device that can produce deaths. I do not require this technology to keep my guns safe.

It represents, to me, an intentional introduction of a failure point in my firearms. The absolute last thing I could possibly want to do to my guns.

For me to be willing to intentionally adopt this technology, I need to see it attain favored status with police officers, AND the military. That ensures a standard of reliability that I have sought in my firearms from day one. My pistols are also used by police departments as service weapons. My shotguns and several rifles are also used by the military, and I selected them precisely for that reason. Pull trigger, goes bang, every time without fail.

If you're not willing to require police departments to deploy this today, then don't ask me to, because I'm not buying.