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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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7. Or perp with some mechanical skills could simply remove the locking bolt and fire at will

Reply to needledriver (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 27, 2017, 04:17 PM

Jul 2017

This reminds me of a few years back when the gun control fad de jour was a demand for mandatory
microstamping of cartridge cases. That faded away when it was pointed out that mandatory microstamping
was a) easily defeated by simple means, b) ineffectual, and c)corporate welfare for the patent holder
of the technology

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Wired: A 'Locked' Smart Gun Can Be Fired With Just $15 Worth of Magnets [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 OP

It would still help prevent accidental discharge by child who got a hold of it, right? AJT Jul 2017 #1

Child safety would be better (and less expensively) served by secure storage friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #5

Research continues apace... ExciteBike66 Jul 2017 #2

So all the perp has to do flotsam Jul 2017 #3

Why would a cop be using this buggy POS? Also, a perp can jam these in one of several ways... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #4

Or perp with electronic gun jamming gizmo needledriver Jul 2017 #6

Or perp with some mechanical skills could simply remove the locking bolt and fire at will friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #7

No need to worry. Straw Man Jul 2017 #8

playing chicken with a jammer jimmy the one Aug 2017 #9

It's not *my* argument, and whataboutery hasn't yet refuted it: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #10