new personalized guns!

[SVenigma]

Does this gun have microstamping? How did it get added to the roster if it does not?

Good point. Maybe it had already been submitted for roster testing before the microstamping requirement was enacted?

[Yugo]

I would buy one as a collector but damn this is dumb.

[morfeeis]

That would give an all new meaning to blue screen of death.

[SonofWWIIDI]

Click...click...click...crap, you have to wait to rob me, I forgot to charge my gun, and I need to look up the code again to make it work!

[rootuser]

Biometrics? What happens on a cold day and you're wearing gloves? What happens if you are shot first and can't shoot back because you have your own blood on your hands and the scanner cant read your print? What happens if you accidentally drop your weapon and when you pick it up to defend yourself the glass is scratched or damaged? scuff up or damage your fingerprint while in a defensive fight? We use biometric scanners at my job...they last about 3 years and then need to be replaced... This is not a defensive weapon...it's a range toy.

Biometrics aren't the problem. The gun in the article is certainly a very horrible attempt at using biometrics, but this is in its infancy.

Drawing on your experience, I would agree with you, but biometrics are not limited in any way to what you are talking about. There are many types of implementations.

Not sure what scanners you are using but they certainly would not do the job for a weapon, I agree with you there. But I'm thinking beyond fingerprint scanners and what this means for a smarter weapon.

We'd all still be using cap and ball if people didn't take a chance and try to invent something new. I am sure the first experiment with smokeless powder for example was not a clear success

[soutthpaw]

While it may be possible to implement this, and it might actually be cool as an option some time down the road when it's fully "star wars" and reliable...the idea of mandating this for "safety" is re-donkulous.

And when it is, I will totally trade my gun for a light saber ;-)

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[soutthpaw]

wanna bet?

Here Ya go buddy. Who says you can't fix stupid?


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[jeremiah12]

If it is something that I want to work reliably when I need it to absolutely work now, I want the least amount of electronics in it. That is why I still drive my first car I have ever owned, a 1965 mustang. I do not have to worry about the CARB nazi's and no electronics. I had a car that the electronic ignition module went out on it while I was driving on the freeway in heavy traffic and it shut down the entire engine. I was rear ended. My reliable 302 V8 (yes I replaced the original 289) I can fix or get it to get me home until I can repair it properly. It has never stranded me.

I do not want electronics in my guns.

I am a teacher and one of the few that can still teach when the power goes out. I open the curtains, pull out a few battery powered lights, and use the chalkboard. I keep all my grades on my own computer (yes I do use technology) as well as enter them into the school's system. I print out a hard copy. Every once in a while the district's system crashes and even they cannot restore the grades as promised from their high tech backups. So a semester's worth of grades are gone. I submit my hard copy and the techs have to hand input my grades because they made a written promise they would never loose grades. The other 90% of the teacher are out of luck. They do not even keep paper copies of grades before entering them because technology is so great. They put all of their work on the district's system and trust them to back it all up. I keep it all on my personal laptop and backup my own. I also make hard copies of the stuff I cannot live without and place copies of those at school and at home.

That is old school.

[numpty]

cool, now everyone will know you're a gun owner or carrying once they see your watch.

Might as well have the star of David on it.

Kinda like open carry I guess. It's a double edged sword. It's like people that put up stickers on their houses that say "Protected by Smith and Wesson" or whatever. May deter some from chancing their lives with a break in, but it's an invitation to others 'cause they know you've got something good.

[IVC]

That would give an all new meaning to blue screen of death.

Now that's funny right there...

[numpty]

...That is old school.

I definitely like your thinking and embrace many of these same precautions. I do find it ironic though that you just typed that on this here internet.

[IVC]

I would buy one as a collector but damn this is dumb.

I was thinking the same thing, but then I thought better of it and the conclusion is:

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY!

The primary reason this technology exists and is pushed as a product is to create a monopoly on firearms market in the areas that are highly restrictive and where the government will *force* people to buy it.

This is NOT a free market offering where we can buy it based on novelty without any consequences for other guns. Quite the opposite. Buying such a gun would be a direct attack on the availability of other guns and we should make sure that this company goes out of business as soon as possible.

[IVC]

Wait for the first hack - most likely shared for all gang bangers on YouTube

No chance. Why would gang bangers hack something they don't want, cannot purchase at the store, doesn't work with their fingerprints (and doesn't work with the owner either, but that's besides the point) and is of no use to them?

[tvfreakarms]

For me its cool as a novelty item and i will not use it for self defense. never!
i really hate it that when this becomes accepted, they will only sell this type of gun only.
that is b.s big time.
I know someone said we should welcome this tech but force us only to buy this only type of gun at that price is crazy.
electronics r known to fail.
novelty bueno, betting ur life muey mucho no bueno

[tvfreakarms]

@ivc
ur right