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bossy22

(3,547 posts)
33. so maybe that should tell you something
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 06:19 PM
Jan 2014

that the money is better spent elsewhere. Good idea on paper, not in the real world. The problem is also that "your side" ignores the obvious flaws in the technology. the problem is you think any objections to this technology are purely that of ideology. I can see that you don't even realize that gun manufacturers aren't ideologically against gun control- just some of it (they are supportive of universal background checks).

No there isn't a market for the product. Why is that? Is it because gun owners are anti-safety? Or is it because gun owners have questions with the practicality of the technology and reliability of it? Wouldn't the best way to counteract alot of this argument with R&D? yes. the problem is that your method of getting this R&D uses the gun owning community at large as a guinea pig by mandating it on all new guns.

Here's an idea- if you want to increase development of this technology require police and military weapons be fitted with it. You could prove to the public how safe and reliable the weapons are that way and also you would have a large pool of "test subjects".

Is It Time To Put Chips In Guns? [View all] SecularMotion Jan 2014 OP
I prefer to put them in dips. Common Sense Party Jan 2014 #1
LOL. Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #2
Post removed Post removed Jan 2014 #3
It's a fair question: Why don't you discuss your own OPs? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #6
Well, he did. See where he called a fellow DUer a "Stalker?" Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #37
Not stalking, don't flatter yourself. Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #20
...or as someone once said... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2014 #34
Yeah. Straw Man Jan 2014 #4
No ileus Jan 2014 #5
What if I sale it? flamin lib Jan 2014 #12
RFID makes sense on three levels; flamin lib Jan 2014 #7
"It makes unauthorized use impossible..."until it's hacked friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #9
Okay, so in a confrontation with police an assailant takes the officer's flamin lib Jan 2014 #11
In that instance it would be helpful bossy22 Jan 2014 #13
It doesn't make sense on many levels bossy22 Jan 2014 #15
Just be honest, okay? flamin lib Jan 2014 #17
I would not oppose it in that case bossy22 Jan 2014 #18
Ya mean like fly by wire? Or drive by wire? flamin lib Jan 2014 #22
Again, I don't have an ideological problem with it bossy22 Jan 2014 #23
Up thread you commented that flamin lib Jan 2014 #27
You are more than free to work on it bossy22 Jan 2014 #28
"mandate it and work out the kinks later". Is it so unreasonable to be against this? flamin lib Jan 2014 #30
no its not bossy22 Jan 2014 #31
Thalidomide was not produced or prescribed in the US. flamin lib Jan 2014 #32
So a testing regime did its job? bossy22 Jan 2014 #35
Someone spent time coming up with a prototype. Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #38
Exactly bossy22 Jan 2014 #40
When the military and the police widely implement it, i'll consider it. AtheistCrusader Jan 2014 #8
One comment illustrates the mindset of the proponents: friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #10
So I have a concealed weapons permit and am out walking my dog with a five shot snub nosed ... spin Jan 2014 #25
It also illustrates the problem with our soundbite politics bossy22 Jan 2014 #41
It's not as simple as many believe bossy22 Jan 2014 #14
The technology is here now and functional. flamin lib Jan 2014 #16
that were true, several gun manufactures are gejohnston Jan 2014 #19
Yeah, I cited that up-thread. flamin lib Jan 2014 #24
go ahead, produce it, test it bossy22 Jan 2014 #26
It won't happen any time soon because flamin lib Jan 2014 #29
so maybe that should tell you something bossy22 Jan 2014 #33
This is getting really boring. I answer every objection yet you find flamin lib Jan 2014 #36
you didn't answer anything bossy22 Jan 2014 #39
in the laboratory bossy22 Jan 2014 #21
So what is your point of discussion here? Packerowner740 Jan 2014 #42
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