Anybody Can Fire This 'Locked' Smart Gun with $15 Worth of Magnets
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Re: Anybody Can Fire This 'Locked' Smart Gun with $15 Worth of Magnets
#2The range extension and lock circumvention is bad, but only weakens back to a regular handgun. The jamming is more scary to me as it makes the product actively worse than if it wasn't smart at all.
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#3The description makes it sound like if you are firing weak hand (or strong hand) you might be outside the range of the watch?
They say "just a few inches" which implies less than a foot. That's not going to work for law enforcement or anyone really.
Honestly sounds like they didn't think too hard about real world usage. That describes most handgun manufacturers though and isn't strictly limited to smart gun manufacturers.
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#4The range extension and lock circumvention is bad, but only weakens back to a regular handgun. The jamming is more scary to me as it makes the product actively worse than if it wasn't smart at all.
This is the fundamental problem with all 'smart' guns. Adding significant complexity to a system that needs to be as close to 100% reliable as possible is never going to be worth the effort, at least any time in the near future.
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#5The range extension and lock circumvention is bad, but only weakens back to a regular handgun. The jamming is more scary to me as it makes the product actively worse than if it wasn't smart at all.
I could imagine some firearm owners being willing to trade 100% reliability to prevent a casual accident.
I imagine some firearm sales are for more recreational purposes.
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#6The range extension and lock circumvention is bad, but only weakens back to a regular handgun. The jamming is more scary to me as it makes the product actively worse than if it wasn't smart at all.
I could imagine some firearm owners being willing to trade 100% reliability to prevent a casual accident. I imagine some firearm sales are for more recreational purposes.
This isn't any more likely to prevent negligent discharge than existing safeties.
Basic fire arms etiquette is to treat any firearm as loaded and ready to fire unless it's been explicitly cleared.
If you do not use guns for self defense then keeping them clear and keeping ammo separate is much easier and safer.
Any type of safety can fail and relying on it is just how you get some of these accidents.
Re: Anybody Can Fire This 'Locked' Smart Gun with $15 Worth of Magnets
#7To be fair, you can build a working shotgun for less than that.
Re: Anybody Can Fire This 'Locked' Smart Gun with $15 Worth of Magnets
#8If you're doing all this bring your own gun.
Re: Anybody Can Fire This 'Locked' Smart Gun with $15 Worth of Magnets
#9The description makes it sound like if you are firing weak hand (or strong hand) you might be outside the range of the watch? They say "just a few inches" which implies less than a foot. That's not going to work for law enforcement or anyone really. Honestly sounds like they didn't think too hard about real world usage. That describes most handgun manufacturers though and isn't strictly limited to smart gun manufactu…
The intention clearly seems to be for the watch to be worn on the same arm that you hold the gun with.
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#10The description makes it sound like if you are firing weak hand (or strong hand) you might be outside the range of the watch? They say "just a few inches" which implies less than a foot. That's not going to work for law enforcement or anyone really. Honestly sounds like they didn't think too hard about real world usage. That describes most handgun manufacturers though and isn't strictly limited to smart gun manufactu…
Anecdotal story: I have a friend who works for the Indiana State Police and was on the committee to procure new service pistols. In every category, the Springfield XD won. Problem was, it had a grip safety. ISP requirements dictate that no safeties could interfere with operation when needed, as they may have to fire in a compromising situation if in a struggle, for example. Not being able to firmly grip the pistol and engage the safety was a non-starter. When drawn, the firearm had to fire if the trigger was pulled every time. So Glock it was, which only has a trigger safety.