Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Thu May 5, 2016, 07:12 PM May 2016

Smarter guns can lead the U.S. to safer communities [View all]

It's impossible, in this day and age, to pick up a stranger's password-protected mobile phone and send a text. It's easy to steal anyone's gun and fire away.

It makes no sense for lethal weapons to be less protected than communications and entertainment devices. So President Barack Obama wants the government to assist in the development of smart-gun technology, which has the potential to reduce the number of preventable deaths.

The need is great. At least 278 children unintentionally killed or injured someone with a gun last year, and at least 84 have done so already in 2016. Additional suicides and murders have been committed by people using guns that did not belong to them.

Personalized firearms, enabled by biometric sensors or, for example, a bracelet worn around the owner's wrist, would also strengthen personal accountability -- which is not a priority for the gun lobby.

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/05/smarter_guns_can_lead_the_us_t.html

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Smarter guns can lead the U.S. to safer communities [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

Great ideas, but the tech is not there yet. ManiacJoe May 2016 #1

Yes, the tech is there and mouthing gun propaganda doesn't change that fact. nt flamin lib May 2016 #24

Where? CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #29

Armitex and Mossberg. Google ks your friend, educate yourself. nt flamin lib May 2016 #31

I don't own a shotgun. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #32

Ya know, Google is your friend. Please educate yourself and stop wasting bandwidth. nt flamin lib May 2016 #34

There is nothing viable on the market. Straw Man May 2016 #35

There is nothing on the market because gun nuts issue death threats to anyone who puts a smart gun flamin lib May 2016 #37

On the Mossberg website.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #39

And you might fotget to load your gun. If this, if that, if frogs had wings they wouldnt flamin lib May 2016 #41

I just do not see.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #42

Funny ... Straw Man May 2016 #44

Love these guys.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #36

Yeah, and your car won't start with a dead battery either. Only thing is your car won't give flamin lib May 2016 #38

Does the gun come with jumper cables? CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #40

You know what? I'm fucking done with your willful ignorance. You have just been put on ignore with flamin lib May 2016 #43

I see ... Straw Man May 2016 #48

Obviously, the poster named "reality" is at the top of your list. beevul May 2016 #50

Don't you want to hang around and discuss your fraudulent endorsement of the 'electro-Mossberg'?: friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #51

As I've told you before ... Straw Man May 2016 #45

Don't bother... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #46

I love the simple approach. ManiacJoe May 2016 #57

Makes sense, therefore I dont expect NRA to approve. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #2

Why would the NRA.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #17

When the President's security detail starts using them maybe I'll consider Press Virginia May 2016 #3

What happens if.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #4

What happens if your gun jams? SecularMotion May 2016 #5

Revolvers don't jam. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #6

Revolvers Don’t Jam…And Other Firearms Myths SecularMotion May 2016 #7

The article goes on to mention that... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #8

It can still jam or malfunction just like any other firearm SecularMotion May 2016 #9

How? CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #10

Here's a breakdown of the ways a revolver may jam or malfunction SecularMotion May 2016 #11

That article is written in support... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #13

Did you even read the linked article or did you just read the excerpt?? SecularMotion May 2016 #15

If you actually read this stuff.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #16

I think it's funny ... Straw Man May 2016 #18

Thank you. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #19

Buy an M&P Shield and you'll never have to worry about that. ileus May 2016 #20

Besides, if you are in a high risk situation.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #14

OK, I will answer my own question. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #12

That's why one is none, and two is one. ileus May 2016 #21

Nothing. It functions as designed. nt flamin lib May 2016 #25

So you are promising... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #28

The Mossberg does exist and has been proven when wet, wen soaked in oil, when covered in mud and flamin lib May 2016 #30

"When are you going to...stop regurgitating the propaganda the gun maker(s) feed you?": friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #53

Has a test been done Duckhunter935 May 2016 #55

KISS. Kept It Simple Stupid beardown May 2016 #22

Water alway f's up electronics. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #23

a real drag is having the electric window malfunction when it gejohnston May 2016 #27

ever have electric windows malfunction during a rain storm? gejohnston May 2016 #26

Does your truck have air bags, seat belts, anti lock brakes and crumple zones? nt flamin lib May 2016 #33

And yet a $40,000+ truck with abundant onboard power, unlimited room for electronics, benEzra May 2016 #58

My point is that all those things I mentioned, which the truck has, flamin lib May 2016 #60

Want a smart gun? Develop one. This is one of the most unregulated economies... Eleanors38 May 2016 #47

Smart guns................ yeah, great idea discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #49

I won't support any "smart gun" law that EXEMPTS police. davepc May 2016 #52

If you need to have a 'smart gun' fixed.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #54

How difficult would it be.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #56

Or a master key. N/T beevul May 2016 #59