Want Gov. Mandated Safety Electronics?

[ScottsBad]

We've seen Holder suggest that the DOJ (ATF) is in favor of moving to requiring guns that can only be fired by the owner. Is this a safety move or is there another reason?

1. Guns that have electronic RF interlocks that will disable them could potentially be disabled by a third party. With a jammer or with backdoor electronic circuitry.

2. Gun with this technology may include an RFID device with a serial number. This could be accessed by devices that scan crowds and potentially match them to backend data bases.

These are hypothetical, but likely trends given our ever more intrusive Government and their penchant for increasing surveillance and control.

So do you favor the safety interlocks suggested by Eric Holder?

[RuskieShooter]

So do you favor the safety interlocks suggested by Eric Holder?

No. My HD firearms need to be accessible by multiple people (wife and daughter). The best description I heard was "Would you want a fire extinguisher in your kitchen that only you could operate?".

Also, as a EE I know how unreliable electronics can be. I want as few complications on something that may need to save my life as possible.

-Ruskie

[Rainbow Warrior]

Uh no.

[sl0re10]

nope... and no tracking computer in my car either.

[truthseeker]

Uh no, because .gov will make a backdoor so that they can turn off ANY firearm with that technology whenever they feel like it.

[Lifeon2whls]

Whats with all of the rhetorical posts lately? Might as well ask us if we want to put a picture of Feinstein above all our beds and call it birth control.

[Rainbow Warrior]

Whats with all of the rhetorical posts lately? Might as well ask us if we want to put a picture of Feinstein above all our beds and call it birth control.

That could work.

[ScottsBad]

Whats with all of the rhetorical posts lately? Might as well ask us if we want to put a picture of Feinstein above all our beds and call it birth control.

Trying to get people to think about what electronics in a gun can mean. I'm really concerned about the Government's ability to hack into or turn electronic devices against us.

I've heard folks on this forum argue that the electronics used in a gun to make it safer is not such a bad idea.