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Gun Control & RKBA

needledriver

(836 posts)

6. Or perp with electronic gun jamming gizmo

Reply to flotsam (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 27, 2017, 02:26 PM

Jul 2017

can make it so a cop can't fire his gun at all.

Or a perp can steal an electronically "locked" gun, disable the lock with magnets at their leisure, and use the gun at will.

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Wired: A 'Locked' Smart Gun Can Be Fired With Just $15 Worth of Magnets [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 OP

It would still help prevent accidental discharge by child who got a hold of it, right? AJT Jul 2017 #1

Child safety would be better (and less expensively) served by secure storage friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #5

Research continues apace... ExciteBike66 Jul 2017 #2

So all the perp has to do flotsam Jul 2017 #3

Why would a cop be using this buggy POS? Also, a perp can jam these in one of several ways... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #4

Or perp with electronic gun jamming gizmo needledriver Jul 2017 #6

Or perp with some mechanical skills could simply remove the locking bolt and fire at will friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #7

No need to worry. Straw Man Jul 2017 #8

playing chicken with a jammer jimmy the one Aug 2017 #9

It's not *my* argument, and whataboutery hasn't yet refuted it: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #10