Is this true? "smart guns"

[Matt 0]

http://www.examiner.com/x-2581-St-Louis-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m2d26-The-idiocy-of-smart-guns

 

Says that laws passed that when the technology becomes available we will have to use it???

 

news article (from 2002)...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,73763,00.html WTF?

[Shane45 807]

True!

[wsl 2]

Yup, and they keep giving grant money to the guy who says he can build it, but its been delayed twice since 2002, so don't expect it to ever come to fruition. And Jersey is the only state that requires it, so it'd basically be a ban, because no manufacturer is going to make specific models with that technology at a more expensive price for just one state.

[Matt 0]

Well at least it looks like you will have 3 years to buy whatever you can once the technology is available...

[Matt 0]

PS passing a law based on technology that doesn't exist has got to be the stupidest Fing thing I have ever heard

[wsl 2]

PS passing a law based on technology that doesn't exist has got to be the stupidest Fing thing I have ever heard

 

Welcome to NJ.

 

And it'll never happen. He'd have to make something that's generic enough to work with every model and since its a 3rd party add-on (because no manufacturer is going to pay the extra costs), he would end up responsible for any malfunctions or defects. He'd be 100% liable since he's altering someone else's product. The only way he could get away with it would be like a biometric lock, but then it doesn't make the gun safer, only makes it so only that person can unlock it. And then if something like that story about the wife, he'd be personal liable if she couldn't have used the gun and was killed. Right now he's just sucking up tax payer dollars trying to build something that won't be built.

[rscalzo 3]

That has been on the books for almost ten years. they are no closer to coming up with a workable solution so I doubt anyone will ever see such a product in our lifetime.

[Chad 3]

That has been on the books for almost ten years. they are no closer to coming up with a workable solution so I doubt anyone will ever see such a product in our lifetime.

 

+1

[Shane45 807]

For me, if they make something or not isnt really the issue. The fact this got passed on something that doesnt exist is. The fact the state wants to decide the tech is good enough for me but not good enough for LE is. That right there is what causes me the greatest concern because it indicates their mentality that a flawed solution is good enough to be forced down the necks of the civilian population.

[djg0770 481]

That has been on the books for almost ten years. they are no closer to coming up with a workable solution so I doubt anyone will ever see such a product in our lifetime.

 

"They" said the same thing about Dick Tracy's wrist phone.

[tankcommander 4]

You can thank Mcsleezy for that one. Hell my regular guns, as is are smarter then most politicians.

 

TC

[Guest]

I will use one of my MANUAL guns to destroy their biometric guns...While they look for the finger print, I am on my 2nd reload...in the war of the future of course..

[Circlesqr 1]

I think some folks missed the point of the Smart Gun legislation. The intent was effectively to make handguns sales illegal in NJ and put many if not most of the NJ FFLs out of business.

 

--Daniel

 

[djg0770 481]

Wait, let's pass a law that men in NJ must not get pregnant. It makes as much sense...