Smart Gun Technology -- a Dumb Idea
By Daniel John Sobieski. May 8th, 2016
There has been evil in the world ever since Cain slew Abel with a rock and technology will not get rid of it. Despite accumulating evidence that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, the Obama administration continues to blame guns, retaining a fear of inanimate objects that one would have hoped we left behind in the Middle Ages.
Case in point is President Obama's announcement that through executive order he will speed the development of so-called smart gun technology. As the New York Times reported:
President Obama will use the power of his office to try to jump-start long-stalled 'smart-gun' technology that could eventually allow only the owner of a firearm to use it, the White House announced Friday.
Over the opposition of gun rights groups, he also vowed to push ahead with a new federal policy giving the F.B.I. access to more mental health records of some Social Security recipients to better flag people who might be banned from buying a gun....
In a post on his Facebook page, Mr. Obama wrote that "as long as we've got the technology to prevent a criminal from stealing and using your smartphone, then we should be able to prevent the wrong person from pulling a trigger on a gun."
In his Facebook post, President Obama forget to mention that a precipitous drop in federal gun prosecutions and the enforcement of existing laws by his administration has made it easier and more likely that the wrong people will pull the trigger on a gun. Or that the steady decrease in violent crime nationally comes in tandem in a striking increase in armed citizens. ....... 
Although from back in May, this is a very detailed read. 'Smart-gun' technology will never solve the problem of federal neglect or liberal hypocrisy. The problem is not that there are too many bad cases with 'easy access' to guns but too few good guys with access to guns (that are also not paperweights!) to protect themselves and their loved ones. We have covered 'smart guns' before, and this article - Are "Smart" Guns, a "Smart" Idea?, is well worth checking out.
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