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Originally posted by reconmike
Smooth, The reason I am against this safety measure is, what happens if my wife needed to use my Colt Combat .45? It would not fire and she would be out of luck.
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The only thing that would prevent your wife from using the gun would be the code that was inserted into the chip. There is no reason why you, your wife, and your brother couldn't be authorized to use the weapon.
Such a system wouldn't consist of a public registry database--which might raise concerns over gun ownership and registration processes. Instead, a system could be developed that allowed the primary owner to hold the weapon for X amount of time and then allow other people to authorize their prints, as well.
This would eliminate the possibility of children and non-authorized individuals (burglars, robbers, etc.) firing someone else's weapons.
In fact, as technology increases it could conceivably monitor one's body while the trigger was being fired. Most importantly, it could take an electronic print of who fired it at discharge--including the mental state at the time.
Of course, I also advocate the development and use of non-lethal (but effective) means to incapacitate intruders/attackers.