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A Smart Shooter?
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| September 2006
| Patrick Di Justo
Posted on 09/25/2006 11:42:27 AM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:42:28 AM PDT
by
Dr. Zzyzx
To: Dr. Zzyzx
Here ya go!
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:44:29 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
So what tiny fraction of those 29,000 deaths, the majority of which are gang and drug related murders, would be prevented by this?
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:45:15 AM PDT
by
jrp
To: Dr. Zzyzx
To: Dr. Zzyzx
Great.
Bad guy enters my home and kills me. My wife can't use my gun to kill him. Lovely.
Of course.... there's both pistols and long guns on *both* sides of the bed, so it's a moot point.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:47:25 AM PDT
by
Terabitten
(Deus Vult!)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
no batteries = no boom??
sounds retarded to me..you can still pistol whip the snot out of someone with it...
My S&W 5906 will not fire when in an "unauthorized hand"... it's called a "mag disconnect" if it comes to a fist fight the mag release gets bumped and the mag comes out... then it's click click click.... no go. Oops whatch out for my ASP baton across your wrist...
To: Dr. Zzyzx
This is bad news and a complete waste of our tax dollars.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:48:04 AM PDT
by
Southern Partisan
("Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." ----R. E. Lee)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
Or you could just teach children gun safety and shoot criminals before they get your gun.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:48:13 AM PDT
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: Dr. Zzyzx
Just Perfect. The key design feature in any gun should be simplicity - so that they go bang everytime. It's bad enough that most guns come with built in key locks (unnecessary mechanical complexity) but this is taking it to a whole new level. I'll be curious to see the recognition failure rate once this is in production. I'm sure Ruger will be the first firm to adopt it, followed by Colt.
To: Dr. Zzyzx
"The way you hold a gun, curl your fingers, contract your hand muscles as you pull the triggerall of those measurements are unique," says Donald Sebastian, vice president for research and development at NJIT. Donald should test it first pesonally in Iraq.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:48:36 AM PDT
by
beltfed308
(Nanny Statists are Ameba's.)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
So, injured or wounded, it just might not recognize your grip. Then the really deep doo-doo starts. No thanks.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:48:43 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
If this technology is so great, then require every police officer in America to use it. Not going to happen? I didn't think so. If it isn't good enough for them, it isn't good enough for the rest of us either.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:49:45 AM PDT
by
nralife
To: Dr. Zzyzx
The way you hold your gun
The way you grip the stock
The memory of all that
No they can't take that away from me
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:53:01 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Dr. Zzyzx; harpseal; TexasCowboy; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ...
Hey, nifty idea. I've read lots of science fiction, too.
Tell you what -- deploy these for use with the Secret Service, FBI, DEA, ATF, the bodyguards of all federal and state politicians, as well as lots of large municipal police forces and sheriffs departments. After five years, if the concept proves valid, then perhaps they could be considered for private, although not mandatory, sale.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:53:22 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
To: nralife
"equire every police officer in America to use it"
Exactly. A dumb idea that needs to be put down quick.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:53:44 AM PDT
by
Leg Olam
("There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them." Louis Armstrong)
To: Smokin' Joe
"So, injured or wounded, it just might not recognize your grip. Then the really deep doo-doo starts. No thanks."
Excellent point!
What about firing weak handed? If they add the circuitry similar to a car's, that adjusts the seats and mirrors for multiple drivers, the thing will be too big to handle.
Bang every time I pull the trigger, anything else is stooopid!
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:54:06 AM PDT
by
petro45acp
(SUPPORT/BE YOUR LOCAL SHEEPDOG! ("On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs" by Dave Grossman))
To: Dr. Zzyzx
The way I grip and fire a gun at the range is very different than the way I would grip and fire a gun in an emergency. Practice, practice, practice can minimize the difference, but certainly not eliminate it.
Given that a lot of people rely on the simplest gun practical in order to ensure reliablity, who is going to want to be stuck with a weapon that might not respond due to a software inadequacy?
Talk about your Blue Screen of Deaths!
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:54:29 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:54:55 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Don't mess with Israel.)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
Requiring this little gizmo on all handguns would effectively price them out of most people's reach. Which is exactly where the limousine elite gun grabbers want them.
It would also make a lucrative business opportunity for a shade tree engineer.
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posted on
09/25/2006 11:56:46 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(If at first you don't succeed, squeeze, squeeze again.)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
Smart gun technology was initially advanced as a means to protect LEO's from getting shot with their own guns in the event of a take away during a struggle. The interesting thing is that in every piece of legislation crafted that required the development of this technology, the police are exempt from having to adopt these weapons as their official sidearms.
I won't hold my breath waiting for the NJ State Police to field test these babies.
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