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^^^ I honestly see that as being so rare as to be a straw man type argument, if not urban legend. It just doesn't happen enough to worry about, unless you're the one guy in a decade it happens to.
A gun has to be totally reliable. Such a gizmo would reduce reliability.
I would certainly agree with that, I think that would be a serious hassle, but I'm really talking about new designs. And again, I'm not proposing mandatory replacement, or anything of the sort. Just looking at it from the tech geek side of the house.that it can't be applied to the millions and millions of guns already out there.
It's already happened.That sounds like a good movie plot, "you have to take your gun to a hacker", to get it cracked.
I honestly see that as being so rare as to be a straw man type argument, if not urban legend. It just doesn't happen enough to worry about, unless you're the one guy in a decade it happens to.
^^^ I honestly see that as being so rare as to be a straw man type argument, if not urban legend. It just doesn't happen enough to worry about, unless you're the one guy in a decade it happens to.
kwguy said:I'm not implying any .gov mandate or interference, strictly technology that would be free to purchase and use if you so desire.
Are you aware of law enforcement agencies adopting such technology to prevent officers being shot with their own guns? Any?
While this pie in the sky is a nice ideal, it is just not pratical.
^^ Domina post 31. Well, that's assuming a certain level / type of technology, I agree. But what if the gun were designed in such a way that it would be rendered inoperable if it were 'gutted' so to speak (just tossing it out there).
A hardware intense system like a pistol should be very easy to override with very basic skillls.
You'll just have a chip installed in your hand that will activate the firing mechanism.
So even though it would be easily defeated, potentially unreliable, difficult and expensive to implement, only effective for corner cases, and the tech doesn't actually exist;
it should still be implemented why?
If anyone want's to argue it will have any impact on "illegal" guns, or is part of some mandate, I think a reality check is in order.
I'll just carry my HK P7M8 and hope for the best.