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The James Bond-style smart gun that can ONLY be fired by its owner
Daily Mail ^ | 2 February 2014

Posted on 02/04/2014 7:44:10 AM PST by Second Amendment First

A company has developed a high-tech pistol it says can help curb gun violence by allowing only its owner pull the trigger.

The slick Smart System gun from Armatix looks like something James Bond might carry and uses watch that transmits an identifying radio frequency that prevents everyone but its wearer from firing.

The gun is one of several competing for a $1 million prize from the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, a group started by tech investors in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, where 26 were killed in 2012.

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To: Second Amendment First

I wear my Watch on my Left Wrist. I shoot a Gun with my Right Hand.

What’s the “range” of the Signal?


21 posted on 02/04/2014 8:08:00 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Nobody owes you a living, so shut up and get back to work...)
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To: Second Amendment First

In anticipation, the cops have probably already developed a radio jammer that prevents anyone from using the gun at all.


22 posted on 02/04/2014 8:09:07 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Bidimus1

Put a crank on it to charge battery, or a solar cell.


23 posted on 02/04/2014 8:12:54 AM PST by Scrambler Bob ("The Pen" has a nice ring to it, kind of like "Graybar Hotel")
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To: Second Amendment First

Great. Electronic devices to jam your ability to fire your weapon will become hot commodities on the street (and elsewhere).


24 posted on 02/04/2014 8:13:53 AM PST by kidd
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To: Second Amendment First

This would make a great scene in a thriller or horror movie. Serial murderer is coming up the stairs, victim pulls out safety gun, but it doesn’t work because she has really dirty hands. Will she be able to clean her hands sufficiently in time for the gun to work or will she become the killer’s next victim?


25 posted on 02/04/2014 8:14:50 AM PST by MNDude
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To: indthkr
How about the olden method of using just a file and a piece of railroad track? The firearm on the right was made with those two items. I have lots of other pictures of handmade guns if anyone is interested.

Then there those handmade Viet Cong handguns here.

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/other-handguns/viet-cong-1911-copy/

26 posted on 02/04/2014 8:16:43 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

this is a boondoggle device. It is just like the ignition interlock scam which had the device maker lobbying judges to (campaign contributions) put it in cars.

(the same way red light camera makers promised tax revenue)


27 posted on 02/04/2014 8:19:44 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
You can bet your last nickel that the cops have already figured out a way to disable them remotely.

That's the real point of "smart" guns. They will require a "remote disable" feature installed, as well as a "remote detect" feature (where that little transmitter that allows your gun to function will also advertise the fact that you're carrying to anybody with the right gear from up to a hundred yards away)

28 posted on 02/04/2014 8:24:45 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Second Amendment First


29 posted on 02/04/2014 8:31:14 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: PapaBear3625
Worth repeating:
They will require a "remote disable" feature installed, as well as a "remote detect" feature (where that little transmitter that allows your gun to function will also advertise the fact that you're carrying to anybody with the right gear from up to a hundred yards away)

30 posted on 02/04/2014 8:38:37 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: DBrow
I bet transmitting a strong CW carrier would prevent the receiver from getting its signal from the watch.

Exactly! How long would it take for an enterprising individual with no morals to start selling jammers to criminals? People would end up defenseless even though they had a gun. Sounds like exactly what liberals want.

31 posted on 02/04/2014 9:33:42 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: PapaBear3625
"remote detect" feature

It's frightful enough to imagine such technology in the hands of "law enforcement", but just wait until the street criminals get their hands on it.

Would wearing just the watch while carrying something like a 1911 be illegal, like hunting over a baited field?

32 posted on 02/04/2014 9:57:49 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Second Amendment First
Riddle me this: If and when your batteries go dead (and usually when it will be needed in the gravest extreme), then this pistol becomes as useful as a rock. This pistol needs to be tested by law enforcement agencies. I recommend the FBI and BATFE. If they can't or won't use the technology, then that says something about the usefulness of the idea, doesn't it?
33 posted on 02/04/2014 3:24:03 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: MasterGunner01

Acid test, give it to the Secret Service.


34 posted on 02/04/2014 4:08:06 PM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

That will also work!


35 posted on 02/04/2014 5:20:09 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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