Friday, December 21, 2012

Get Smart

"I was literally pulling my hair out," McNamara said. "I thought, we have a technology that could have helped prevent that massacre."

That technology places a radio chip in a gun handle and a corresponding chip on a ring or bracelet or even implanted in an authorized shooter's hand, McNamara said. If the two chips are not within an inch or two (2.5 to 5 cm) of each other, the trigger will not unlock. [More]

Keep pulling, Mac. Your stupid gizmo would have had no effect on Sandy Hook.  All Adam would have had to do is kill his mother by other means and he could have helped himself to the bracelet or ring, or pried the chip out of her cold, dead hands with a screwdriver.

What a dumb idea.

It always has been.

4 comments:

kopride said...

Don't defend this idiot mother. Responsible gun owners should not lose credibility defending morons who leave unsecured guns in a house with a person suffering from a serious mental illness. If you want to keep these types of weapons, and you want to live with a potentially violent family member, then you should keep them in a locked safe that is inaccessible to your violent relative. She was also getting about 280k per year from her rich ex husband in alimony. She could have afforded a good gun safe with a code. I don't wish a gun tragedy on anyone, even the stupid, but idiots like this mother are the people who threaten gun rights far more than any liberal tree hugger. Solid technology that can reduce the risk of stupidity should be supported by gun rights advocates. Is anything perfect? No. But technology that can reduce the risk of a child shooting him or herself accidentally, or decrease the street value of a stolen gun is a no-brainer.

Crotalus said...

So far, it hasn't been workable, but I wouldn't have one anyway. We have a war coming, and those fancy electronic guns would be disabled by a government EMP, while they have the reliable, durable mechanical and chemical technology.

Chas said...

Adam was bright and tech oriented. He could have easily circumvented a technological solution.
"Smart guns" are like "Smart cars" - they're so stupid that they have to call them smart to have even a chance of selling them. I need a gun with a complex mechanism that can tie it up? I don't think so. In my decades of experience, it's hard enough to get a simple gun to work reliably. Of course, for the anti-gunners, lack of reliability is a feature not a bug.

Chris Corona said...

Technology is a great thing. In fact, I think our police forces should set an example and start using said ring/bracelet devices immediately...

What? Danger to officer safety? Unproven/unreliable technology you say?