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Gun With Wireless Arming Signal Goes On Sale Soon
An anonymous reader writes "Armatix has built a pistol that will disarm itself when it is taken away from a watch that sends it a wireless arming signal. The .22 caliber guns will go on sale in the US within months, and the initial price is 7,000 euro. Higher caliber models will follow. To activate the gun, users must enter a pin code on the wristwatch, and then keep it within roughly 20cm of the gun. If the person is disarmed, the gun can't be used against them. Also coming soon this year, civilians will also be able to buy three-shot Tasers, rubber bullets, as well as Heckler and Koch black rifles." This might not be good news for the citizens of New Jersey.
The only people who could love this idea are liberal gun grabbers who are afraid somebody might get hurt with a gun.
I don't know, there might also be a market amongst conservative gun enthusiasts who want to keep a gun around the house, without worrying about their kids getting to them and blowing each other's heads off.
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
Would you feel safe anywhere at all? I doubt it. I feel safe in my American suburban neighborhood, too. There are certainly places I would never venture armed or no. I'd like to know how in your perfectly safe gun free world. a 98 lb female is supposed to defend herself against being raped by a 250 lb assailant? Pepper spray? Or should she just lie back and "think of England"? If it were my daughter I'd rather she put a bullet in the bastard's eye.
I have mod points. The reign of terror begins now.