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It appears that the New Jersey politicians who made smart gun ownership mandatory if a working smart gun ever made it to the market are considering repealing that law. They've said that they plan on making an announcement this coming Monday.
I'm all for smart guns. Will I ever own one? No. Why would I own something that could hamper a perfectly reliable self-defense weapon. I don't want batteries, or computers, or locks on my guns.
It's like making a smart sword, only with the correct fingerprint can you draw the sword from it's sheath. The sword has worked with 100% reliability for hundreds of years, why add a feature that could make it unreliable?
Why am I for them? Because if someone who wasn't going to be a gun owner decides to be one because they can have a smart gun, then great. It's 1 more person who takes full responsibility for their own safety and safety of their family.
Like I said, is the smart gun for me? No. But it might make some new responsible gun owners.
What worries me? That once they've been on the market for awhile cities, states, and even the federal government start making it mandatory.
Think it can't happen? Well, seatbelts became mandatory in cars, helments became mandatory on motorcycles, etc, etc........
Also, they are talking about making cops use them. I can tell you that most cops would never want them on their guns while some would. And a lot of new cops who don't know better and/or don't know about guns would gladly have them on their guns also.
Once cops have them, the general public would start saying, "See, the cops trust them. Now we should make it mandatory for everyone to have them."
What are your thoughts?
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/22/smart-gun-proponents-ready-to-reload/
I'm all for smart guns. Will I ever own one? No. Why would I own something that could hamper a perfectly reliable self-defense weapon. I don't want batteries, or computers, or locks on my guns.
It's like making a smart sword, only with the correct fingerprint can you draw the sword from it's sheath. The sword has worked with 100% reliability for hundreds of years, why add a feature that could make it unreliable?
Why am I for them? Because if someone who wasn't going to be a gun owner decides to be one because they can have a smart gun, then great. It's 1 more person who takes full responsibility for their own safety and safety of their family.
Like I said, is the smart gun for me? No. But it might make some new responsible gun owners.
What worries me? That once they've been on the market for awhile cities, states, and even the federal government start making it mandatory.
Think it can't happen? Well, seatbelts became mandatory in cars, helments became mandatory on motorcycles, etc, etc........
Also, they are talking about making cops use them. I can tell you that most cops would never want them on their guns while some would. And a lot of new cops who don't know better and/or don't know about guns would gladly have them on their guns also.
Once cops have them, the general public would start saying, "See, the cops trust them. Now we should make it mandatory for everyone to have them."
What are your thoughts?
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/22/smart-gun-proponents-ready-to-reload/
Smart gun proponents ready to reload
The U.S. gun industry fiercely opposes Ernst Mauch's gun that fires only for authorized users.
BY MICHAEL S. ROSENWALDTHE WASHINGTON POST
Updated October 22
After vehement protests helped block the nation’s first smart gun from entering the marketplace, proponents of the technology are gearing up for another fight, intent on capitalizing on renewed interest in gun safety following a spate of high-profile shootings. Ernst Mauch, the renowned German firearms engineer who designed the gun but left its manufacturer, is in the United States this week exploring starting a company to build another smart gun, perhaps with one of his previous competitors.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in New Jersey are considering doing away with a controversial law mandating that all firearms sold in the state be smart guns if one were sold anywhere in the United States. Gun industry groups, particularly the National Rifle Association, fiercely oppose the law. An announcement about the mandate is expected Monday.