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benEzra

(12,148 posts)
8. I notice that all "smart gun" proposals exempt LE, VIP protective details, and corporate security.
Fri May 23, 2014, 09:15 AM
May 2014

If they wanted "smart guns" to be accepted, then there should be no mandates at all...and any mandates anywhere should mandate them for law enforcement (the mostly likely of any group to be shot with their own guns), VIP details, and corporate security too---no exceptions.

Of course, the reason they aren't is that biometrics are dangerously unreliable, and RFID is trivially easy to remotely jam. Of course, those traits are features, not bugs, in the minds of those pushing them. Built-in mechanical locks give the same safety advantages for anyone who wants them and are already on the market, without the disadvantages, but...

In any case, a quick-access safe is better than any of the above, IMO.

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