Let's seriously discuss smart guns

[krispos42]

27. We're not talking about "fly by wire". We're talking about biometric identification.

The fly-by-wire system is very reliable, especially when it's triple or quadruple redundant. But that's not analogous to this situation. After all, the mechanicals of a gun are very reliable too. And I have no doubt that, once a smart gun's system was unlocked it would shoot reliably.

The issue is UNLOCKING the system.

Would you fly in a plane where the yoke wouldn't budge unless it recognized the pilot's biometrics? Where the computer will not respond to ANY control input unless it recognized the biometrics of the pilot or co-pilot? How about a car? Would you drive a car where changing the throttle, applying the brake, or turning the steering wheel was dependent on the car's computer recognizing the biometrics of the driver as the car was being driven?


So we're back to square one. Biometrics are being used on gun-storage devices such as gun safes. That's all well and good. But those are obviously much larger than a handgun and have much more room for electronics and batteries.


And the transponder issue still hasn't been addressed by you either. I'd personally rather deal with a transponder than a biometric reader of some sort as I see it as more trustworthy, even if it has other disadvantages.