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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
If smarte guns have a .1% eror rate, that's still a chance that a cop will draw his gun and be defenseless against a criminal.
When my computer screeen turns blue and displays "fatal error." it's an inconvenience. If a police officer draws his gun and the system malfunctions, that error truly could prove to be fatal, and it's a chance that shouldn't be taken.
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We should compare that failure rate with mechanical failure rate. I'm curious just how much chance of failure is calculated for any other type of failure: ammunition issue, misfire, and etc.
Comparing a computer with a firearm combined with a hard coded microchip and LED is a very long stretch.
Edit: we use microchips in hospital equipment, military weapons and equipment, vehicles, crime detection/enforcement, prisoner detention, lungs, hearts, ears, ...and nearly every other life and death situation one could come across in modern society.
What are the psychological barriers to implement any technological innovation into private, personal firearms for safety concerns? I wonder if designs of safety levers were met with such opposition. I know of no movement to eradicate those. I wonder if, once the military implements these types of hi-tech features, people won't start snatching these things off the shelves (laser sights/lights/scopes, anyone)?