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I read the following article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-g ... story.html
Yes, I know, it's the Washington Post, but I think that it makes sense to keep half an eye on what they're up to.
The short version is that it's some background on Mauch and his work on a smart gun system, and why he did it, with a very brief nod to reasons some people aren't wild about the idea.
My observation is that whenever I'm at bowling pin shoots and I'm using my GP100, I'm a bit slower than I am with anything semi-automatic. However, if there's a malfunction on the line it generally happens to the other guy and I win. When the chips are down, reliability matters. I have serious reservations about requiring one more doodad for a gun to go off, and for that doodad to work reliably.
Yes, children do shoot themselves and each other inadvertently. This is tragic - just as tragic as kids who drown in backyard pools, electrocute themselves with forks and toasters, or end up on the losing side of a vehicle collision. The actual risk factor statistically with firearms is so vanishingly low compared to regular domestic and traffic risks that it bears asking what babies will be thrown out with the bathwater, and the article barely addresses that.
It's the usual story, I suppose. Just another perspective.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-g ... story.html
Yes, I know, it's the Washington Post, but I think that it makes sense to keep half an eye on what they're up to.
The short version is that it's some background on Mauch and his work on a smart gun system, and why he did it, with a very brief nod to reasons some people aren't wild about the idea.
My observation is that whenever I'm at bowling pin shoots and I'm using my GP100, I'm a bit slower than I am with anything semi-automatic. However, if there's a malfunction on the line it generally happens to the other guy and I win. When the chips are down, reliability matters. I have serious reservations about requiring one more doodad for a gun to go off, and for that doodad to work reliably.
Yes, children do shoot themselves and each other inadvertently. This is tragic - just as tragic as kids who drown in backyard pools, electrocute themselves with forks and toasters, or end up on the losing side of a vehicle collision. The actual risk factor statistically with firearms is so vanishingly low compared to regular domestic and traffic risks that it bears asking what babies will be thrown out with the bathwater, and the article barely addresses that.
It's the usual story, I suppose. Just another perspective.
