Vice President Joe “Buy a Shotgun” Biden recently capped off a meeting of governors, mayors, attorneys general and others who gathered at the White House to formulate a strategy to reduce gun violence while upholding the Second Amendment (“whether we like it or not,” Biden clarified).
One expert-free panel discussion was devoted exclusively to smart gun technology, the subject of a recent article in Newsweek.
Imagine a gun that functions like your smartphone https://t.co/qFqSfqhjBe
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 1, 2016
Though Newsweek’s article covers the government’s push behind smart guns, it makes no mention whatsoever of just what makes a gun “smart” or what technologies are employed. That component of the story is confined to the tweet asking readers to imagine a gun that works like a smartphone.
https://twitter.com/hoytag/status/737808766976942081
https://twitter.com/GlomarResponder/status/737807740781928449
https://twitter.com/Firriolo/status/737803765697421312
Unreliable and slow?
— RustBelt_Nobody (@BGWhite42) June 1, 2016
Only works in certain areas and breaks if you barely drop it? https://t.co/8YuqLAHvtu
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/CharlieJEgan/status/737802801280094209
https://twitter.com/MrDonCarpenter/status/737805536171724801
There isn’t a smart gun market because no one wants guns that don’t reliably work when you need to defend yourself https://t.co/H46mhwtOvV
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/fishbits/status/737809384596590593
Obviously not. Does it include GPS tracking? Does it track your usage? Does it require a monthly subscription to operate? Does it try to install firmware updates while you’re using it? How much to upgrade your rounds-per-month plan?
https://twitter.com/Roger247/status/737806138364723200
https://twitter.com/PoliticalLaughs/status/737804043851026433
https://twitter.com/aj_slown/status/737805936111194113
How about a push for more smart gun owners who know where the similarity between guns and cell phones ends?
It sits on my side table doing nothing until I pick it up and use it
— ERS Drive (@ersdrive) June 1, 2016
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