No magic bullet or gun
More on the dumb idea known as the smart gun:
Yet despite millions of federal dollars poured into developing a personalized handgun that only the owner can fire, there still is no magic bullet – and many law enforcement officials and gun experts are leery of the idea.
In Congress, Rep. William Pascrell, D-N.J., is pushing a bill that would require all new handguns to have “smart” technology within five years if experts deem the technology feasible.
The bill – whose chances are slim in the Republican-led Congress — would exempt law enforcement, which also lobbied against a similar 2002 New Jersey state law.
“They haven’t come up with a [foolproof] gun yet and if they do we’re not sure we’re interested,” said Jim Pasco, executive director of the 318,000-member Fraternal Order of Police.
If the police don’t trust them with their lives, why should you? Since it’s being developed, supposedly, with the police in mind, why would the bill exempt police from the requirement? And, finally, what the Hell are my tax dollars doing paying for this fiasco?
March 24th, 2005 at 11:42 am
I do not have a problem with devoloping such technology, but i do have a problem with my taxes paying for it.
If one of these things could become just as reliable as the gun i shoot, i would be intrested.
March 25th, 2005 at 12:56 am
I kinda feel the same about it as cops do, I don’t want it on my guns.