Is It Time To Put Chips In Guns?

[flamin lib]

24. Yeah, I cited that up-thread.

The technology exists. It can be mass produced. It won't be any time soon because both sides oppose it.

It just seems to me that the attitude here is 'doesn't work, won't work, can never work so let's not even consider it as a way to mitigate gun violence (and gun theft from law abiding citizens).

The very same arguments have been made made against universal background checks or any other limitations on gun ownership. It (whatever 'it' is) won't prevent EVERY SINGLE CONCEIVABLE incident of violence with a gun so let's not consider it. Should we view cars and airplanes that same way? Screw seat belts, air bags, anti-lock breaks, fly by wire, automatic collusion avoidance because people still get hurt in cars and airplanes.

Keep in mind that 20 feet from me and my laptop are 11 firearms of various types and 4 air rifles, three of which are capable of killing a human being. I own them all. They are all secured in gun safes with the ammo secured in a separate place and the keys to the security stored secretly in the far end of the house. I am not opposed to gun ownership.

If the OP said,"Is it time to develop chips for guns." would the response have been any different? History tells me not.