Maybe the smart gun is possible.

[45R]

The smart gun has already been designed.
It has a trigger when pulled fires.
A slide relase that drops the slide when pushed.
A mag release that drops the mag when pushed.
I dont think we need smart guns, we need smarter operators.

Why in God's green earth would I want a gun with a neural net processor controlled by M_____soft. What happens when you have a software failure or the gun crashs.....gives new meaning to the blue screen of death. :banghead:

I'll stick to my mechanical guns.

 

[anchored]

I think the technology is possible, and can be made reliable. You have to consider that the defintions of "success" and "reliability" are different for computer and car manufacturers than they are for the users. The companies that make them depend on the money you will spend upgrading, replacing and repairing them much more than they depend on the money you spend buying them originally. OTOH, a gun manufacturer who relies on smart-gun technology will be financially motivated to avoid lawsuits and stay in the market - unreliable technology from them would cost them money. And, it's all about the money.

 

[benewton]

Everything fails, eventually, and Murphy's law applies. The more complex, the more numerous the failures.

Today's "dumb" guns are, given good ammo, about as good as it gets.

If you increase the complexity, you also increase the probability of failure, even given that the "smart" guns aren't rigged to fail on command.
And you still have the ammo problem.

Since what I have goes "bang" on demand, I see no reason to "upgrade".

By the way, what state does the "smart" weapon fail safe to, live or dead???

 

[Politically Incorrect]

Electronics do not belong in something that you need to rely on.

Like the headlights in my SLS. I was driving down the interstate last week at night and my headlights and dash just shut off. I got off at the next intersection and before I pulled off, they came back on.

It's at the dealership and Lord knows if they will find the cause of it. I've thought about buying a pre-computer car next time. At least I can work on it. Of course, heated seats & mirrors, automatic tempature control, etc. are nice.

I will not buy a gun if it has any electronics on it to fire the gun. Sure the gun might be smarter than the person using it. But isn't that what we are really concerned about? How smart the shooter is instead of the gun?

What's next? Smart kitchen utensils? Scissors in an electronic lock box so little Johnny can't go running around the house with them? How about a baseball bat that will only allow you to hit baseballs with? Or a force field over a swimming pool to prevent unsupervised children from drowning?