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backscatter712

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28. RFID would be how I'd do it.

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:30 PM

Jan 2013

The gun's owner has an RFID tag, which can be on a ring, or a card in his wallet, or even an implant under your skin about the size of a grain of rice.

The firearm would have an RFID reader that would attempt to query the tag before allowing an interlock mechanism to unlock, enabling the gun to fire. If the reader doesn't detect the tag (there's a range of about 6 feet, depending on the tag and the reader), the interlock engages, and the gun will not fire.

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ok guys one more try..what can be effective on curbing gun violence [View all] backwoodsbob Jan 2013 OP

You can't retro fit older guns so what upaloopa Jan 2013 #1

in some cases you can backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #3

so what stops us from offering backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #5

I want to keep my old single action .22? upaloopa Jan 2013 #17

keep it backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #20

That's ok I don't want more guns I just like to upaloopa Jan 2013 #22

How about a voluntary one for one trade nick of time Jan 2013 #11

EXACTLY backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #16

And the money could come from the bloated DOD budget. nick of time Jan 2013 #18

EXACTLY backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #21

Set up a buyback program - entice people to part with the old ones. n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #25

Would That Not, Sir, Require Removing Existing Guns from the Pool? The Magistrate Jan 2013 #2

Or Better Yet, Throwing Them Into One? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #15

I think that there would have to be a way to retrofit existing weapons Marrah_G Jan 2013 #4

I have posted MANY times elsewhere backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #8

Chopping down the trees to see the forest zipplewrath Jan 2013 #6

Banning guns is not going to happen Marrah_G Jan 2013 #9

you arent going to ban guns backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #10

300 million zipplewrath Jan 2013 #24

so we should do nothing? backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #26

No zipplewrath Jan 2013 #29

no ...we should offer the new smart guns straight up backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #32

How would that work? Taverner Jan 2013 #7

yeah there are some prototypes already out there backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #12

could it be overriden? backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #13

True. IT would reduce numbers Taverner Jan 2013 #14

RFID would be how I'd do it. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #28

I like the fingerprint better... Taverner Jan 2013 #31

RFID tags can be encrypted. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #33

And I can beat encryption Taverner Jan 2013 #35

The brute force approach... How much time have you got?? backscatter712 Jan 2013 #40

Loaning out the tag... backscatter712 Jan 2013 #42

When it works, I'll be interested. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #19

they are close backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #23

There's no technical reason why this technology wouldn't work. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #27

We need to hold accountable irresponsible ownership!! Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #30

^^^This^^^. nick of time Jan 2013 #36

Legalize pot, mandate its use demwing Jan 2013 #34

Weapon Shops of Isher One_Life_To_Give Jan 2013 #37

Sure biometrics would work, but what about the millions of guns Rex Jan 2013 #38

Probably best start witht his is putting it on the free market Johonny Jan 2013 #39

And the militias and the gangs will all come in and trade in their untraceable guns DevonRex Jan 2013 #41

The main drivers of all violence are the drug war, poverty/lack of opportunity, and women being TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #43

Legalize drugs. That will solve most gun violence. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #44