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Encrypted Ammunition?
holy_calamity writes "A patent has been filed for bullets with built-in encryption. Pulling the trigger sends a radio signal to the cartridge in the chamber, but the charge only goes off if the right encryption key is sent. The aim is to improve civilian firearm security." Not sure I'm quite ready to trust the average techno-gadget failure rate on something like this just yet.
The best way to prevent accidental firing of a gun is to outlaw them completely, like here in the UK. Many Americans cite the first ammendment and their right to defend themselves, and sure people should have a right to defend themselves. If it's hard for just anyone to get a gun though, then you're less likely to be defending yourself against a gun. Whatever happened to "putting up your dukes".
for your cabinet full of target shooting and hunting guns. And anything that reduces the number of bullets fired is fine with me, in general, of course. It sounds like for your defensive weapon you'd have to practice enough that entering the passcode would be second nature. better to have more practice handling your gun than less.
But I have a simpler, safer solution: lose your gun altogether. I think every time a kid is killed by a stray bullet we raise a tax on guns and gun owners. You can get all of that money back with interest if you get rid of your gun. Eventually gun owners will see that it is in their own best interest to work together to make guns safer and out of the hands of kids and the irresponsible. Everyone who owns a gun is partly responsible for the culture of guns and violence. I'm looking at you, libertarians.
must... stay... awake...
You know what I'm tired of? You shooting your gun. Because in this context, "you" is "anybody in America" and "shooting your gun" is "shooting other Americans". So yea, I'm tired of people all over America shooting each other all the time. I will vote always for legislation that restrict your gun use, and cheer loudly for technology like this which makes it harder for you to shoot other people, because I'm tired of hearing about how Americans are always shooting other Americans.
I know what you're going to say, "I'm a safe gun owner!" You're not, because as above, "you" are just one of the millions of gun-toting Americans, and those millions are constantly shooting other people. So yea, I'm lumping you in with them, because if none of you could shoot your guns, then none of you could continue shooting other Americans.
I'm tired of it.
Doug
I feel safer without a gun, in fact most people around here don't own a gun (Denmark) - and lo and behold, we rarely see deaths from guns.
You stupid fuck. You probably voted for Bush and his whole crowd twice -- "OMG if you vote for the Democrats they're going to take away all my shiny toy guns!" -- Okay, fine, you can have the guns, I want the rights and the privacy that they are stealing. Where are you now, gun nut freak? Probably hunting with Cheny.