Legislators across the country are proposing bills requiring all new pistols would be sold with identifying technology, rendering the firearms inoperable for anyone but the legal purchaser. Along with this motion, all extant handguns, with the exception of military and a few antique firearms, would need to be retrofitted with this technology within three years. As with the … [Read more...]
The US Attorney General, Eric Holder, has announced the direction he wants to take the DOJ with regard to "gun safety," but the wheels are already in motion to legally mandate "smart gun" technology. At the end of February—2/27/14—Congress proposed Bill S. 2068, called the "Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014." The spirit of the bill is laid out in Section 2: Findings. Summed … [Read more...]
So-called "smart guns" are already beginning to be used in states, such as California. In a recent report about a subcommittee meeting earlier this month, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice will be exploring gun tracking bracelet technologies. Similar to the RFID watch that works with the Armatix iP1 pistol, Holder shared the idea he'd like … [Read more...]
