Obama set to push for ‘smart gun’ tech despite concerns - Announcement Post #23

[CandG]

Good move starting with requiring LE to use smart guns. Genius. At least we know this won't get very far.

"Raise your hand if you want to trade in your agency-issue Glock for a .22lr butt-ugly RFID gun with a butt-uglier RFID wrist watch!"

[CandG]

I see a black market for criminals buying RFID signal jammers in the near future...

[CandG]

Not to mention, an EMP would completely disable our law enforcement and military.

[njineermike]

good thing this thread wasn't about Obama requiring smart gun tech.

Oh, wait.,,

FrankMo

I almost forgot it was election season. That glorious time of year when the apologists claiming to be "gun owners" come out of the woodwork with nonsense, then promptly dissappear once the votes have been cast.

[rdtompki]

holster your weapons, hombres. Nothing is going to get past congress no matter what he wants. He can't make law.

Pay attentioin to more important things.

FRankMo

What he can do is waste taxpayer money "exploring" these idiotic ideas and waste our energy agonizing over same.

[rdtompki]

No problem - just relax a few of the requirements including size, weight, capacity, reliability, ergonomics, "access" time: draw gun, place finger on pad, wait for green light, engage target; repeat for each subsequent shot (except for the draw).

[rdtompki]

The earlier report references military test standards, but these only deal with the basic functionality of the firearm and have little to do with the "Use Cases" associated with smart technology. The "tech" has to work with either hand, for the complete population of users, and with gloves and, and, and. Sure, the military deals with ergonomics, but simply saying "use mil requirements" doesn't scratch the surface of testing smart gun technology in the real world.

One thing we know for sure: even the dumbest smart gun is smarter than our administration.

[dozer wright]

If "smart guns" are anything like my "smart phone" when it comes to reliability I will pass thank you very much.

This Or anything with electronic components that all fail or have mishaps how many electronic components fail that have been around for decades . Cell phones being the perfect example or a car stereo . Sorry I wouldnt trust a firearm with any smart tech . Then there is the other end when the first idiot who says this gun only works with me using it then hands it to his buddy saying pull the trigger it won't work and ends up with a bullet in the head .

[Half Cocked]

If Obozo deploys it to our military first, I'm all for it. It it proves worthwhile in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, I will buy into it. If it is adopted by Seal Team Six and Delta Force, its good enough for me.

[golfish]

How will we teach the 300 million guns we have in the US to be smart?

[smle-man]

Here's the real danger on the smart gun technology issue: once the Feds declare that 'smart' firearms are viable 'non-smart' firearms may be an insurance terminator for your home-owner insurance. Some insurance companies no longer insure home owners that have certain large breed dogs due to the perceived risk; the same thing might happen to homeowners who have pre-electronic controlled firearms due to the perceived risk of stolen or mis-used firearms rebounding on the insurance policy of the owner.

I'm not saying that I agree, just that insurance companies and other agencies may sanction people who hold onto non 'smart' firearms.

The government doesn't have to outlaw non smart firearms, they can let the marketplace make owning them financially untenable.

Can it happen? Seems unlikely now but then who thought 20-30 years ago we'd be facing the ridiculous laws we have today?

[spyde12]

Here's my take. Let his secret service detail be the test case.
Therefore, all firearms in use to protect him will prove once and for all how much he believes his crap.

I highly doubt he'd do it.

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[FrankMo]

Im starting to learn why many normal gun people laugh at boards like this: not one, single poster has givin the link to the actual announcement.

We see lots of links about the announcement.

Mushrooms here.

Here is the link:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/05/memorandum-promoting-smart-gun-technology

turns out Obama is going to "encourage" things. With a Republican congress. And you all are afraid.

That's funny.

FRankMo

[Ford8N]

Again, the root issue driving this war against firearms is crime and chaos in the ghetto, it scares the soccer moms. The politically correct way is to ban firearms. Rather than get to the root of the cause>>>>>>>>young black males in the ghetto killing each other over drugs or "respect". Take the young black males killing each other out of the crime statistics, and the U.S. is a relatively safe country. You won't hear that on the news or in the paper. Rather the President is laying the ground work, to force firearms manufactures to only sell "safe" firearms. Just like government policy forced the auto industry to only sell "safe" and environmentally clean automobiles. This is the beginning.

[smle-man]

Im starting to learn why many normal gun people laugh at boards like this: not one, single poster has givin the link to the actual announcement.

We see lots of links about the announcement.

Mushrooms here.

Here is the link:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/05/memorandum-promoting-smart-gun-technology

turns out Obama is going to "encourage" things. With a Republican congress. And you all are afraid.

That's funny.

FRankMo

They take the long view and each 'initiative' starts small. You bet I'm afraid.