What’s the difference between an overpriced Apple G4 and an overpriced ‘smart’ gun? In NJ, they don’t force you to buy an Apple.
In 2002, New Jersey passed a law saying that once technology is available to prevent a gun from being used by an unauthorized person, only that type of handgun may be sold in the state.
Now, a German company, Armatix GmbH, is close to putting the first such “personalized” handgun on U.S. shelves. The model, called the iP1 Pistol, can be set up to fire only when its owner is wearing a special watch that communicates with the gun.
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The iP1 Pistol will cost $1,399 and the watch an additional $399, Armatix said. That is a significant premium over a Glock or Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. SWHC +0.63% handgun, which costs in the range of $400 to $500.
To use the Armatix, the gun’s owner must enter a five-digit passcode into the watch, which then communicates wirelessly with the weapon to unlock it. The user can set the pistol to be active for one to eight hours.
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At the end of the law’s three-year phase-in, the only handguns that could be sold in New Jersey would be personalized ones. But the law wouldn’t affect guns that residents already own.
Source:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303755504579208602749375392
Frankly, I think it’s ridiculous, like a green car or solar panel, overpriced, ineffective, and it’s simply unnecessary for NJ to promote ‘smart’ guns when they have passed so many dumb laws against guns.
I also don’t want to wear a watch on my right hand, or my left. Who wears watches nowadays? I tell time with my smartphone.
Here’s the thing about technology, people embrace it when it makes sense, when it makes life better. Nobody made the smartphone mandatory, when they came out, they were luxury items with few features. Now they’re affordable and better than ever.
“The technology is here,” said Nicola Bocour, a director at Ceasefire NJ, a gun-violence prevention group. “Apple is using biometrics with its smartphones. Guns are next.”
You mean a gun control group that engages in some violence prevention by talking to gang bangers who won’t be using the iP1. Apple itself is overpriced unless you’re getting an iPhone with a 2-year contract.
But gun-rights groups say a provision that exempts law enforcement from having to use personalized guns undercuts the measure. “The law itself acknowledges that this technology is inherently unreliable,” said Andrew Arulanandam, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association.
Exactly! If the technology was that great, the LEOs would be getting it first and the rest of us would beg for it. That’s how first there was the Humvee and then came the Hummer.
The real purpose of this law is to continue making the Second Amendment too expensive for the average citizen. If people can’t afford guns, they won’t care about gun bans.
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