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"Smart" Gun Seller Gets the Wrong Kind of Online Attention
R3d M3rcury (871886) writes "How's this for a good idea? A gun that won't fire unless it's within 10 inches of a watch? That's the iP1 from Armatrix. Of course, don't try to sell it here in the United States." From the NY Times article linked: "[Armatrix employee] Belinda Padilla does not pick up unknown calls anymore, not since someone posted her cellphone number on an online forum for gun enthusiasts. Then someone snapped pictures of the address where she has a P.O. box and put those online, too. In a crude, cartoonish scrawl, this person drew an arrow to the blurred image of a woman passing through the photo frame. 'Belinda?" the person wrote. "Is that you?" ... "I have no qualms with the idea of personally and professionally leveling the life of someone who has attempted to profit from disarming me and my fellow Americans," one commenter wrote." The article paints a fairly rosy picture of the particular technology that Armatrix is pushing, but their ID-checking gun seems to default to an unfireable state, which might not always be an attractive feature. And given that at least one state — New Jersey — has hinged a gun law on the commercial availability of these ID-linked guns, it's not surprising that some gun owners dislike a company that advertises this kind of system as "the future of the firearm."
Stop selling them to idiots with mental problems
I think that will kill the gun market right there.
Congratulations!!!
You've just arrested and locked up every cop, the IRS, and half a dozen Federal agencies. All of which, enact their policies under the threat of to murder anyone who questions them.
Unless, of course, the Republicans decide that overturning them would serve them or their corporate overlords (see Voting Rights Act, Citizen's United, etc.)
Hopelessly pedantic since 1963.
The above quote is a not so veiled threat and yes the poster has a right to question whether the person behind the quote is somebody who should be trusted with a gun, - constitutional rights aside.
and what evidence do you have that the person even owns a gun? It's just as likely some ANTI-gun nut trying to stir things up. There are idiots on both sides of this argument and they're all willing to lie, cheat and steal to achieve their goals.
They're also a hot button issue used by extreme left wing groups to rile up their base....
Fact is, guns don't do a fraction of the harm of automobiles. Yet we don't see the left calling for banning autos....
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
Actually, it does say exactly that. The right of the people to keep and bear arms for a regulated militia (i.e. the states).
They're gun nuts. Masculine insecurity is 90% of gun ownership. Why else would you want to wear your strap-on in public?
And you cannot stop selling guns to idiots, because the NRA opposes any background checks for any reason.
What is hilarious is that most of these "gun enthusiasts" were probably livid when the addresses of gun owners (from public records) were publicly posted in New England a few years ago.
I'm not anti-gun, but I'm anti-idiot. Limit handguns, mandate background checks and periodic training, and punish people who kill when they fear a deadly bag of skittles. Then you can own your very own phallic security blanket and I can be a bit more confident that you won't kill someone I care about because they wear a hoodie and have the wrong color skin.