>>Deutch also said that there are efforts underway to require gun manufacturers to incorporate smart technology in firearms but that the NRA is standing in the way.
There’s more than one gun per person in the USA. If they started mandating that all new guns be “smart” guns, then we wouldn’t buy them, but we would still have almost 400 million guns.
But if Douche still thinks its a great idea, let’s do a pilot project and federal LEOs, security guards, and bodyguards use the “Smart” guns for five years first—just to build up some data on their effectiveness and reliability in real-world applications.
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Which they will make illegal the moment a smart gun law goes into effect- There likely won’t be door to door confiscation, but anyone owning a ‘dumb gun’ after the law is passed will be deemed a felon if police find such a gun on them or in home or whatever when police are investigating other crimes or pull someone over-
Smart gun manufacturers will then be required to create the software that requires that the gun be examined say monthly for compliance, and for software effectiveness- or to be calibrated at gun owner’s expense every month or so- Anyone not complying will be found in contempt of law-
“let’s do a pilot project and federal LEOs, security guards, and bodyguards use the “Smart” guns for five years first”
I see your point, but it would just result in more dead good guys.
Can’t we come up with something that results in more dead bad guys?