Get used to it wingers; any civilian gun must be a smart gun

[AtheistCrusader]

16. I have no idea how you extrapolated that out of what I said.

If the cops and military start using it, that would imply a level of reliability that I might accept as a consumer and a firearm user. I might consider buying one.

For instance, my duck shotgun is meant for hunting, but it is based on the Mossberg action that survived milspec certification. Why? Because if I'm slogging around in the muck and the reeds, I want it to still go 'bang' when I disengage the safety and pull the trigger.

A self-defense pistol, first and foremost, MUST go bang when you pull the trigger, because the ONLY time you are morally or legally authorized to deploy it, is when your ass (or someone you are protecting, strict letter of the law varies by state) is immediately on the line, in the face of an existential or grievous bodily harm threat. If it doesn't go bang, you're probably even in deeper shit than you were when you started.

Job 2 is making sure it doesn't go bang when you DON'T want it to. That means hammer drop safeties, mag disconnects, etc. My carry pistol is also a service pistol for some police departments, and I chose it for the same reason. It will go bang when it is supposed to, and it will NOT go bang when it is not supposed to. BUT, I lack the 'smart' user-authorization technology showcased here. So that means I keep it in a safe or on my person at all times. I have to be the mechanism that controls access, because the pistol has no features for that.

If a police department picks this product up and uses it as a service weapon, I might consider it. I would STILL never leave it out and about, because that's not my training, but I might still find that added safety worth the cost. It just has to work.