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Death threats stop gun store from selling 'smart' gun. Why?
The Christian Science Monitor ^
| 5/3/14
| Patrik Jonsson
Posted on 05/05/2014 7:10:27 AM PDT by Flame Retardant
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I understand that the phone company keeps records that can be accessed with a warrant; with luck, the perps will be tracked down.
To: Flame Retardant
I would like a gun that this one except that it would fire forward if you were wearing the watch and fire backward if you were not or explode in your hand.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:13:59 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: Flame Retardant
Someone, please, explain to me how this is a government Trojan horse?
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:14:25 AM PDT
by
Frapster
(Build the America you want in your home... and keep looking up.)
To: Frapster
A backdoor could easily be installed in the watch allowing agents of the gov’t to turn it off.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:17:54 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Flame Retardant
nobody buys ‘em, then nobody will make ‘em. if nobody makes ‘em, the government can’t mandate them.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:18:01 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Frapster
It’s a Trojan horse because some states already have laws on the books that say once so-called “smart guns” are on the market, “dumb gun” sales will be prohibited in X amount of time.
To: Flame Retardant
We ought to take a page from the Alinskyites’ own playbook and start pushing of “smart abortions” that don’t actually kill babies.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:19:39 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: Goldsborough
"...because some states already have laws on the books that say once so-called smart guns are on the market, dumb gun sales will be prohibited in X amount of time."
New Jersey is one of them, as it's pretty close to MD, this gun store owner should have known that.
He is one of Lenin's "useful idiots".
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:23:39 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Frapster
Someone, please, explain to me how this is a government Trojan horse? Think incandescent light bulb. The Trojan Horse was saving the planet to energy savings by government policy to regulation of manufacturing.
In this case, liberals are stuck on convincing the public of the problem. Next they get some more "reasonable gun laws" passed. Then we have this "technology" that makes all guns safe so we can pass manufacturing laws. Then technology is regulated and police can disable guns. Then guns can be rendered useless to the legal citizenry on demand.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:23:48 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
To: Flame Retardant
The German-made Armatix iP1 won't fire unless it's in proximity of a special watch, thus making it useless if stolen. One of the things they'll want is your watch...
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:25:50 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: MrB
Roger that. What’s to keep them from doing that very thing.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:28:03 AM PDT
by
afsnco
To: camle
nobody buys em, then nobody will make em. if nobody makes em, the government cant mandate them. Not so fast. Clothes Dryers have plastic parts in transmissions because of "energy standards" regulations. You can't buy anything else and they aren't as durable or effective of machines built 30 years ago. You can't buy toilets that only need to be flushed once. Government regulated how a toilet must work. You can't buy certain incandescent light bulbs anymore either.
In any of these cases, how much did the consumer want in the way of supply and demand? Our behavior is now regulated through industry. If we are not vigilant, the same will go with firearms.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:29:41 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
To: Flame Retardant
This new technology requires field testing by the best and the brightest. Gun dealers should embrace the technology and immediately insist on deploying the devices as the ONLY permitted sidearms for Gov O'Malley's state police protection detail, and then for the Secret Service detail for theOne.
Only once these high-tech devices have proven themselves as ready for prime-time, through battle-testing by trained professionals, they shouldn't be unleashed on untrained, unsuspecting Americans.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:34:28 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: Sgt_Schultze
This new technology requires field testing by the best and the brightest. Gun dealers should embrace the technology and immediately insist on deploying the devices as the ONLY permitted sidearms for Gov O'Malley's state police protection detail, and then for the Secret Service detail for theOne. Obviously you know this is not how this would work. The law would be for private citizens only. All government officials would be exempt and be able to retain the "traditional" firearms under the guise of reliability in life or death situations.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:40:39 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
To: Frapster
"Someone, please, explain to me how this is a government Trojan horse?" Here it is in black and white:
"...New Jersey lawmakers have passed legislation that all handguns in the state be personalized three years after smart guns become available. "
So -- what happens if the technology is not available to "personalize" your Colt 1911 -- a or any other weapons you currently own?
Can you spell, "confiscation"?
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:40:53 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
To: camle
On the contrary, the government can “mandate” about anything.
If they mandated cars must get 100 mpg or they can’t be sold, then none would be sold.
And they’d love that for guns, especially.
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:41:50 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Flame Retardant
Why aren’t all of the Federal police forces using smart guns, if they are so smart?
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:47:46 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: Frapster
Someone, please, explain to me how this is a government Trojan horse? "If you like your current firearm, you can keep your current firearm."
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:48:45 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: Flame Retardant
How much gunsmithing would it take to remove the “smart” gun features?
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posted on
05/05/2014 7:49:07 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: KarlInOhio
No idea, but I can guarantee that in states where such guns are mandated it would be made illegal to do so.
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