Smart firearms? A label with mixed signals...

http://modernarms.net/blog/california-approves-sale-of-smart-gun/

Please put that link into your browser and see this, It's about time.


     It's good to see biometrics coming alive.... First on laptops now on firearms. it's great to see that the 2 most harmful weapons get pushed first into the biometric identification area of interest...

     Someone must know what they are doing somewhere. I also think that maybe a WiFi signal should be sent to log usage of either weapons (laptop or firearm) to a central database whether on a public watchdog's server or on the home server or both. We know that a computer or cell phone is identified by it's MAC and IP Address, we can do the same thing with a firearm that you do with a cell phone. The crimes committed by firearms owners can be easily solved through a location status, authentication logs, and central data collection point's logs. The lazy police departments across America will be ecstatic.

     Not only will biometric firearms be a good way to track and prevent crimes committed with firearms, it will also be the way that our constitution survives for hopefully another 200 years. I think whoever came up with this biometric idea for firearms in particular, deserves a great deal of respect and notability by not only the NRA but also any affiliates. If the user of the firearm is not logged on, the crime could not possibly be of the firearm owner. Any tampering with the device itself  should alert a crime stopper group whether it's the police or higher echelon. I think you can cut down on any hack attempts by using only firmware. One more thing, any attempt to breakdown the weapon (for maintenance or repair) should also be logged in an equal effort to prevent firmware hacks.

     This is a good idea to not only prevent crimes committed with firearms but it also let's us take a peek at what groups and individuals are truly hurting our country and it's constitutional values.

      The only problem I see are political assholes driving the "Look! Guns are smart, They must commit the crimes now." kindergarten argument.