This idea has been kicked around a few times. Basically, they now make surgically implantable RFID tags. They are a little glass capsule about the size of a grain of rice containing an antenna and microchip, and they are probably safe for human use. It's an extremely minor surgery to get one implanted in your hand.
I'm sure many of you have used RFID cards to get into a building : those big grey access plates. They work great : I've always found the reader/ ID cards to be highly reliable. Problems only occur when the central server running those access plates goes down.
So it's not much of a stretch to imagine a gun safe with such an access method. You could have the best compromise of accessibility versus security. You could keep an RFID pistol safe inches from where you sleep, maybe under the bed or inside a nightstand. Inside the safe would be a pistol with a round in the chamber, attached accessories like lights and extra mags, etc. You'd be ready to rock in just a second...just reach your hand towards the door of the safe, and when it gets within 6 inches or so the battery backup-ed RFID reader would recognize the tag in your hand and unlock it. Could have another, bigger safe with carbines and shotguns in your armoire or closet, similarly ready for action.
With the latest encrypted RFID tags, the chance would be remote that anyone could gain access without actually cutting the safe.
Of course, a safe is kind of bulky, especially in your car or something. There are prototype firearms that have the RFID reader and power source integrated into the weapon itself. A gun that only you (or someone with the RFID tag) can fire. There's potential problems with that approach, though...it's hard to fit an adequate battery and a robust server mechanism into a pistol or shotgun, so the RFID safety might be kind of unreliable.
However, nothing like this appears to be for sale, yet. What do you gentlemen think of the idea in general, if it were voluntary?
(I'm aware that the antis out there want such an integrated locking mechanism to be mandatory, and guns without it made illegal. They'd also want the chip in the gun to keep an access log to record who's ID tag fired the weapon at what time of day)
I'm sure many of you have used RFID cards to get into a building : those big grey access plates. They work great : I've always found the reader/ ID cards to be highly reliable. Problems only occur when the central server running those access plates goes down.
So it's not much of a stretch to imagine a gun safe with such an access method. You could have the best compromise of accessibility versus security. You could keep an RFID pistol safe inches from where you sleep, maybe under the bed or inside a nightstand. Inside the safe would be a pistol with a round in the chamber, attached accessories like lights and extra mags, etc. You'd be ready to rock in just a second...just reach your hand towards the door of the safe, and when it gets within 6 inches or so the battery backup-ed RFID reader would recognize the tag in your hand and unlock it. Could have another, bigger safe with carbines and shotguns in your armoire or closet, similarly ready for action.
With the latest encrypted RFID tags, the chance would be remote that anyone could gain access without actually cutting the safe.
Of course, a safe is kind of bulky, especially in your car or something. There are prototype firearms that have the RFID reader and power source integrated into the weapon itself. A gun that only you (or someone with the RFID tag) can fire. There's potential problems with that approach, though...it's hard to fit an adequate battery and a robust server mechanism into a pistol or shotgun, so the RFID safety might be kind of unreliable.
However, nothing like this appears to be for sale, yet. What do you gentlemen think of the idea in general, if it were voluntary?
(I'm aware that the antis out there want such an integrated locking mechanism to be mandatory, and guns without it made illegal. They'd also want the chip in the gun to keep an access log to record who's ID tag fired the weapon at what time of day)
